Maybe I'll Blog, Maybe I Won't

Well, I obviously didn't get the mileage I was shooting for by a long shot this week.  :P  Didn't have nearly as much time as I thought I would have because we did a lot of traveling and stuff...but I did run as much as I could.  Kind of changed plans and took it as a taper/rest week.  Part of the reason I didn't run as much is because on Monday I went on this twelve miler and it got dark while I was out...anyway, I went to look at my watch and it was a good thing I did because it caused me to inadvertently sidestep a big ol' rattler that was coiled up in the middle of the road.  He buzzed at me and I got some good speed training in that night :)  But after that I was so jittery that I got lost because I was unfamiliar with the roads and almost didn't make it back to camp.  Long story short I decided it wasn't worth my life to try to run after dark anymore.  We saw probably 5 other rattlers during the trip and I didn't really relish the idea of meeting another one so I cut my runs to daylight hours only.  If I would have got bit there's a good chance I wouldn't be here today because we were a good 75+ miles on dirt roads from the nearest town and there's no way I would have made it probably.    But the rest of the trip was fun and adventurous.  I did climb Wheeler Peak which is the highest point in NV at 13000 feet and that definitely got my heartrate going.  I will just blog the total mileage for the week here on this day because I am too lazy to go thru each day.