AM: (10.5, 1:29:34). Ran up the Lower Oldham trail to Buffalo Park. Ran one loop, was very slow, 18:13. I was debating what to do today, Greg wanted me to take it easy this week and try to acclimate to the altitude, but I have been feeling good (other than not being able to breath going uphill) - so I was thinking maybe I would just run some 200s. But after seeing that pathetic first lap (after running 5 of those on Sunday almost 45 secs faster) - I decided to just push it a little. I guess I ended up running a improptu Steady State run - albeit 25-35 secs/2 miles slower than my usual ones would be. I ran a 16:04, 16:01 (~8:02/8:00 pace), not bad for 7100+ ft I guess. It felt ok, not hard, but not as easy as my 18:13 did ;-). PM: (4 miles easy). We drove down to Phoenix to see the miracle worker (John), we drove down with Haim. Haim is an Israeli elite athlete who has been training up here with Greg and his group for a few months now. He is a very funny guy and the 2 hours went by very fast! On the way home it got late so Dean stopped on the side of the road and waited for Haim and I to run our afternoon run. Haim was sweet and ran with me the whole time, even though I was running way too slowly for him! We almost drove Alicia Shay (nee Cragg) too, which would have been awesome, I have been dying to know when she will be racing again. Anyway, she wanted to get down before 2PM so she drove on her own. We did see her there (John saw us all at his house!! what a doctor!). Pretty cool, Alicia looks fit and hopefully we will see some fast 10Ks this fall!! My grant was sent off to the bean counters at the U of A yesterday - they will be electronically submitting it this afternoon (I hope) and then -- I can forget about it for 6 months until the reviews come back! yippeee~
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