AM: (~7 miles, 60 mins). Ran on the Flagstaff Urban Trail by myself, at about 9AM. I kind of wanted to run more, but since it my first day at 7000ft, and I had to run a hilly run at Buffalo Park in the PM with the running camp group, I decided to take it easy. About 3 miles into it I saw three familiar forms running toward me -- it was Greg (McMillan), Stephanie Rothstein, and Megan Herrick (nee Dunwell) of McMillan Elite! Greg said, "Sneak training??" -- I laughed and said, "you bet"! PM: (4 miles) met all of the "running camp" folks! I ended running with Greg and a woman named Mary, from Toronto ... Greg ran one loop with us (2 miles) and then it was Mary and I and another guy, Doug (from LA). Happily, we were the second group (Dean, Ben Rosario -- formerly of the Hansons/Brooks team and now marketing director for McMillan Running, and woman named Becky were in the first group) -- I relaxed then, knowing I wouldn't be running the rest of the week all by myself ... despite the hills and altitude we ran ~ 8:30 pace the whole time. In the evening we went to dinner and then Greg gave a talk that described three different types of runners: speedsters, combo runners, and endurance monsters. The McMillan running calculator is going to be updated soon (June?) with these groups in mind, to allow for a little more range and sensitivity -- and there will be a book coming out soon (also June?) that will describe them. It was cool!
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