j-lyn's corner

Bailed on ScottW last night because I started puking, and thought I had the flu that's been going around. I felt a lot better after throwing up, but glad I held off since I woke up feeling wrecked (just dehydration headache etc).

Decided to sneak out for a run since it's such a warm, sunny afternoon. REALLY didn't want to do CC, but since it was on my way back from church in Draper and I only had 15 miles til my fuel was empty (and I didn't bring a wallet) proximity was a big issue. :) Apparently the trails are in good shape still and all the mountain bikers know- had to have passed more than 20, wouldn't be surprised if it was over 30. Again, I'm promising I won't go back there til it's covered in snow. On a high note, I did see a mountain biker almost hit a deer. HA! Funniest thing ever. I almost felt bad for busting a gut at his surprised face as he slammed his brakes and missed the deer by an inch (and the two bikers behind him that crashed into him). I was on the other side of the deer on the trail, and saw the deer before it decided to dart across the trail. Bloody. Brilliant.

In other news... I know pound-wise I haven't lost a ton of weight (to be concerned about) but for my body size it's a lot... I'm down 7.5% of my body weight now in the last 4 weeks. While I don't mind my new and sudden stomach definition, I'm a bit concered about the sudden loss (especially since I'm not trying, and my miles are down.)

Oh, and after a fantastic 10 minute crying session (for no apparent reason other than my glycogen stores are down) I cheered myself up by inventing a "marathon of summits." It'd be a fun hard day with driving between the peaks. Starting at VB, then Mt Olympus, then Grandeur, then Wire. They're all doable trails with snow AND their mileage adds up to almost a perfect marathon. This is now slated for a wednesday. I shouldn't do this Wednesday (my glycogen stores are crap and I'm sick of my body eating itself... but no promises) and the week after I'll be in St.G, but the first Wed of Dec sounds prime.

VB w/ ScottW and Ku. Haven't seen my "best Asian" in a while so it was fun to catch up. Enjoyed a sunrise- the mountains were dark and crisply outlined in black, like a coloring book, against the bright colors behind. Pretty much an amazing way to start the day.

and now I lost a toenail.

farewell, little friend.

Had lunch with my BFF/ adopted nephew. I've missed him! We stopped talking for a couple years hoping his newly-wed wife would stop loathing me, but with no luck, decided to resume our friendship. :) People and circumstances change, but certain friendships don't. It's so nice when things just pick up where you left off.

So right after eating a massive carne asada burrito, I wanted to get in some "intro to not running ridiculously slow" miles, and since it was raining and I only had 40 mins til I had to be back at work, I hopped on the treadmill and did 4x800m repeats. Took the repeat part kinda slow (6:50-7:15 pace) but I don't want get injured by pushing too fast too quickly. 400m recovery jogs at a 9:20 pace.

Did a double Grandeur today. ZacM came for the first lap + some of the 2nd, but had to head out. I was excited to get the 3rd summit in, the weather was so pleasant, but coming down the 2nd time my IT band started hurting. I kept trying to convince myself I could tune it out.... but towards the end I couldn't even run down, so I bailed on it.

Went bouldering. Warmed up starting at v0 to see where I was. Flashed the v0, v1, v2, v3.... and the v4s were far too hard. Not bad, several years ago I was able to flash every v4 at the gym and project v6. I didn't flash all the v3s I tried, but I think I'll be back to that fairly quickly. I only lasted an hour and a half bouldering, my arm strength is gone. Saw the legend Steven Jeffries, and we caught up, it's been a few years. I was happy to hear he had just decided to move back to SLC a few days ago and would be setting at momentum now. His setting is stellar (pretty sure he's been setting longer than I've been alive) and I much prefer it to the usual momentum setting. Pretty much every problem I bothered to try today was set by him. Finished off with 20 mins of HIIT core.

climbing with Cherri---

warm up/10a for the lead belay cert for Cherri. She did great, but short-roped me terribly on every clip (rope came out 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch....) so she will have to try to pass the test another day. Oh well. So on to the TR wall. Onsighted both a 10c and 10d, 10d was on an overhang and had a lot of pinches, if I had to lead it I probably would've fallen from exhaustion a few moves from the top. Since I was on TR I somehow managed both.

Then bouldered. Helped Cherri with some v0s, worked on some v4s, and hit a couple v2s just cuz. Tried some unrated easy stuff in the cave. I can't rely on technique in there, it's pathetic how little I climb on a simple jug haul in the cave. Cherri keeps telling me, 1 month, I'll have it all back in one month... but I think it'll take at least 6mo.

North SLC loop (Jim's "Twin Towers" loop) with the SLC crew. Butt early, thanks to CMC who needed to hit the road after. It's been a while since I've ran with those guys. Nice and slow, I love seeing how much I can powerhike and still keep up with this group. My weird peroneal muscle issue started flaring, and I got a bit worried as we continued to gain elevation (since it feels worse coming down.) Somehow I just ran it off, after 4-5 miles it faded and didn't hurt anymore during the run.

After the loop Jacob and I added on the Twin Aves. He was tired (hasn't run much since Bear) but he let me push him a little on the way up, I had some energy and wanted to go faster, excited to come back and try to PR it now that my climbing legs are coming back. Took it really easy and slow coming down. I don't think I've done the Twins in daylight or without snow. Weird.

Felt pretty great for 4700+ vert and less than 2 wks after my first 100. Helpful that my weight has finally stabilized.

"Training"/speed+ base building starts next week.

I think. ;)