Up and down Timp with a couple Wranglers early AM. We started way down the road- no parking! (hence the longer miles).
When my alarm went off @ 4:30 (and I hadn't really committed) I really debated going back to bed. My husband told me to go. Wasn't sold. Then I remembered... Oh, Ben L said he was bringing this awesome bacon! I would go for bacon!
Yeah, he forgot bacon. I teased him about it incessantly. He says he's bringing me my own stash for the group run Monday. We'll see if he follows through...
Shin pain bounced around (attachment, under knee, calf, ITB attachment). Mostly a dull, deep ache mid-shin. Didn't start hurting til halfway down (improvement) but still pretty frustrating. Did and ice bath in the cold stream by the car... BRrrrr! Just need to keep the pains only a nagging pain (not injury) for another 1-2 weeks til I can start tapering. Planning on at least 1 1hr massage next week, 2 if I need it...
Oh, and Timp? I'll never run it on a Saturday again. Here's the two highlights:
1. Ben L begging other hikers to open his baby food for him. Awesome.
2. On the way down I occasionally caught up to a soccer player who was trying to not miss a game, but always had to pull back to wait for the guys (and NY took a few spills). So with about 1.5 miles to go, I decided to fly down and try to find him and put some distance between us. I love passing guys who don't want to be passed. :)
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