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whoops where did the week go???  nothing much to note in the earlier parts of the week, the real exciment was the later part of the week when I went up to Flagstaff to running camp with Greg McMillan. Now THAT was fun!

AM: 9 miles - 1:20

PM: 4 miles 

Loving the Fall, it is so fun!

easy run on the hills (which made it not really "easy").

I am very pissed.  I work in a "cube" environment -- usually doesn't bug me because I am in meetings all the time, and the only time I have to work at a desk is at my own desk at home :). So, we have had a few new employees over the past few weeks, one of them was hacking away at his desk. I asked if he had allergies -- because that is common when people first move here, it is really really dry (even drier than SLC) and there are some weird trees that a lot of people need to get used to :).  He says, "no, I have a cold".  Crud!!! one of the worst parts about the medication I am taking (besides hair loss which is sucky I tell you) is that I don't have an immune system -  arrrrggg.  I am very glad I am going out of town, but you know - we have a very lax "work from home option" - I wish people would use it when they are sick!  I know he is new and worried about taking sick leave and might not know the "rules" -- but seriously.  Ok, rant over.

I am on my way to running camp!!!  YEA!

AM: 9 miles

PM: easy 4 with runners at running camp!!

Where did the week go, bloggers?  

Here was the camp itinerary:

Thursday, Oct. 24th

3PM:  check-in and run on the Flagstaff Urban Trail (wonderful dirt trail that goes for ~30 miles around the city). We got a nice McMillan Running spike bag filled with goodies.

5PM: 1 hour discussion on 'meeting our running goals' (this was a followup camp for people who had been to the previous camp so we updated everyone on how we were going since last time we met).

6PM: Dinner with the group

Friday:

7AM: drive down to Sedona for a run, and have lunch. (I suck, and had work, so I missed this fun)

1PM: we went to a local gym and learned about some injury reduction exercises, foam roller stuff, and core building - the teacher was a guy who had been a trainer for the US ski team for 20 years, smart guy.  We then did an hour of yoga! (I couldn't do much of this because of the arthritis in my arm, but I enjoyed the leg stuff) - runners are not the most flexible people :-) 

5PM: gluten-free pizza and a movie (http://www.ws100film.com/) about the Western States!  it was a blast

Saturday:

7AM: run in Aspen Corners -- beautiful place up at about 8,000 - 9,000 ft.  One of the other campers got lost, and we all ended up standing around, running back and forth on the trails, and driving up-and-down the road leading up to the various trail-heads (of which there were numerous -- I mean really numerous numbers of them!) looking for him.  He ended up about 6 miles off down the wrong trail!  weirdo :)

12noon: late lunch 

1PM: Nutrition talk -- it was very lively.  Many of us runners have strong views about our diets, and what types of nutrition when we run.  Greg is an advocate in training our bodies to use fat instead of carbs in training -- the "run with no carbs in training, forcing you bonk" theory, in hopes that it will train your body to utilize more fat than carbs on race day.  Also, we talked about Paleo diet (which Dean advocates), carb-free diets (which I advocate), etc.  It was fun!

4PM: afternoon run

6PM: dinner with huge group at a Greek restaurant.

Sunday

Long run on one of the most amazing dirt roads ever -- ok, well it was an amazing dirt, forest service road of which Flagstaff has thousands :).  It was so much FUN!

Farwell (sniff sniff) brunch ...

long, sad, ride home.

There you go!

already describes this day yesterday :)