Easy paced 11 miles part way up Ben Lomond trail and back. Legs sluggish on the climb, felt good on the down. Most miles were sub 8:00. Having a little shoe dilemma, been running in my Wildcats as they are what I am planning to wear at Bear, but I seem to run crazy clutzy in them. Catching toes, tweaking knee, ect. Bought some Inovate 320's last week, and have put some miles on them, but not crazy about the fit or feel. I've run hunreds of miles in the Wildcat, I think it's the shoe, but need to pay better attention when running in them.
Spent a couple of hours reading Wasatch race reports and scaring the hell out of myself. Seems like most of them go, "felt good to such and such mile, wheels came off, threw up lots, couldn't eat or drink for a while, finally came around and cruised to the finish" Holy sh**!!, Really?? Guess that's the deal with these things sometimes. Whahoo! Seriously, I'm a little freaked, but totally excited about this thing. From my very first trail runs, 40 pounds heavier and a more than a few years ago, I remember running 5 miles in an hour or so, being totally cooked, and thinking, "all I have to do is that 20 more times and its a hundred miler!" Ha! Well, this is what its come to.
Ended up with about 36 miles this week and guessing 6500 vert or so. I feel totally recovered, maybe too much so, worried my legs are getting lazy :) 5 days! (beat you to it Jon) | 