j-lyn's corner

A quick 6 miles to the deer fence trail head and on the trail. I've always thought of it as a "flat-ish" run... except that 900 vert.

Fields of flowers, cold air, and some music. Splendid. I picked my momma a bouquet and ran it back. Somehow it survived. 

Felt a little klutzy in the ultra-raptors. They kind of clank around on my feet... I'm just not used to the bulk and am scared to trust them.

Started at Big Willow with Neasts for another flat-ish run. I love the rockiness of that trail. Not too much nor too little... just right. :)

We were going to go for 10 but cut the run short... by a giant 1/2 mile lol.  You can tell she was breathing easier on the ups. What I can say? She can fly.

 Oh, and the night before I was near tears I was so tired and my husband was insisting I set an alarm to run and I was so hurt it was so mean. Ha. I was delirious with fatigue, evident by the 4 naps I took that day... 

FB rumor said that lake blanche was "damn near runnable." Hmm. Maybe I should pick up swearing so I can understand what that means a little bit better. Cuz apparently it means 1/2 mile of climbing on snowy/icy single track and hoping you don't post-hole to the point of no return in the empty spots behind the boulders.

Drama aside, it was an incredible morning and just what I needed. I was surprised at how much vert there was in that 3 miles up (I won't post it here, I don't want to discourage a certain someone from running it with me this weekend) but it was nice how runnable that vert was. The view at the lake was outstangingly gorgeous and worth every step. I needed that fun and adventure to soothe me mentally and ground me as I prepare for Bryce.

I then literally giggled the whole way down jumping off of boulders.

For the sake of time I finished off the last 6 miles at dimple dell just so I could get in the miles I needed before preschool got out.

Shins and achilles were screaming on every small incline. Baths and rolling didn't help. Massage tomorrow. 

Woke up and the achilles were so painful I could barely walk. I probably would've called the run off had I not woke up an hour before my running alarm and decided to just "get this recovery run out of the way."

It's been OVER A MONTH since I've done a recovery run without Jim. He makes me feel so much better about my recovery pace! haha. He sets a darn good recovery pace though. I was determined to have a real recovery run, where I feel better after than before. So I ran @DD going a leisurely pace, between 9:30-11:30. I think I ended with an average of 9:45? Who really cares. It was SLOW. I was hoping the achilles would figure itself out with all the squawking it was doing.

I took the lower trail that I haven't run since it was covered in ice and I fell and got injured a few months ago. It was pleasant and winding and rather enjoyable.

 I had a massage, she spent over an hour on my shins and achilles. I was told she'd never seen that many knots in a leg before "it's like a braid..." ha. Glad my knots formed a braid.

Several hours after the massage, my legs are starting to feel better and the achilles actually feel normal and not like a giant ball of tight pain. Good. I'm supposed to stretch them out again with an easy 2 miles tomorrow before I test them with longer distances this weekend. 

did an easy 2 on the paved path to test out the achilles. funny, I haven't seen 8min miles in a while... since I used to run on roads. easy and light.

 vert gain: oh wait. we don't track that on roads. 

it was bloody brilliant. up Blanche and back, dodging hail bullets and flying down the mountain. On the way up I felt like I had brand new climbing legs-- I haven't had these in over a month!  Thankfully Neasts kept me in check, don't want to wear them out when I'm just getting them back.

Then we added on miles on Mill B dodging real bullets. Yep, shooting isn't allowed in Big. No real dodging involved, they were gentlemen, offering us cocoa, but still... you shouldn't shoot at a trail.

Neasts wrote a much more entertaining summary: http://neasts.fastrunningblog.com/blog--nbsp-After-Millcreek-pipeline-tra/05-18-2013.ht