Elite Jogging For Dummies

My brother James, aka JD, came to town and we ran a variation of the short avenues loop with a little extension around the Capitol. It was cool and sunny, nice running weather.  Good to catch up with him, he's running great these days.

This morning I decided to run to Liberty Park for a couple of laps around the park. This was a small victory in the sense that I was able to break out of my typical route and do something slightly different.  In this case, the challenge is that the last two miles are all uphill.

 I should have run downtown and then up to the park so I could get some extra mileage since it is only 2 miles to the park.  But I went directly to the park and ran two laps before heading back. 
 

No running, caught a 6am flight to Denver, returned at 11pm. Long day. 

Very late out the door this morning so I ran the Avenues loop.

I brought my running gear to work and headed out the door at lunch. I thought it was going to be pretty cold but the sun was out and I overdressed with tights and a long sleeve shirt.  I ran from downtown over to the Marmalade neighborhood and then ran the long uphill mile on Victory Road up to the Capitol.  I then headed north on gravity hill (the obviously uphill direction) and then down Memory Grove back to the office. It was a nice change of route from the usual out and back up City Creek from the office. 

Avenues tour.

Cucina Run, "Halloween Edition."  A big group, probably 12 or so, met at Cucina at 6:30. About half of us were in costume. At least one of the costumes worn by a certain male runner could have resulted in an arrest, or at least a large fine. 

I was an early '90s grunge runner, rocking a black wig, ball cap, Nirvana t-shirt (that I bought in 1991), and black dress socks. I ditched the wig for the actual run, which was a good idea.

 The run on Shoreline was challenging as usual, made more so by the fact I have not run a hilly trail route for about four months. I handled it ok, but felt out of shape, which makes sense because I am. But it was a really fun run for many other reasons.