running for my mind

Week Recap
6 days - 2 doubles - 6 trail / 2 road
84 miles
13,580 ft. 
15:09 on feet 

10 - 1,440 ft. - 1:47 on feet

Easy up Mueller with Matt. 

Peak week is here! Crazy how fast time seems to fly by when you are having fun. I have never run 100 miles in one week and this week might be the week. I will bail on that idea if I feel I need a little rest, but it has been a goal of mine for a while. It just seems right to peak at 100 for a 100 miler. So, I will plod along with a couple evening shakeouts and a possible short shakeout on Sunday to loosen up the legs and hit 100.

Cheers to peak week!

PM - 4 - 738 ft. - 39 minutes

quick up and back on...Mueller. yup, double Mueller day. it was convenient.

12 - 2,008 ft. - 1:44 on feet

Headed to Farmington Canyon to run two hill pushes on the dirt road. Goal was to run the second faster than the first. Test in pacing and discipline along with strength. Due to time constraints I had to cut the second short, but it was still a very good workout that I am pleased with. 

     First   Second
1 - 9:08   8:21   320 ft up
2 - 9:44   8:48   390 ft up
3 - 8:43             253 ft up

PM - 4 - 634 ft. - 40 min

Mill shakeout

9.85 - 1,611 ft. - 1:44

Easing along from East Mountain. Not too much spring in the step from yesterday but overall felt good. 

11 - 1,142 ft. - 1:38

3 x 1 mile repeats on rolling dirt road / trail. Always fun to do these repeats because they are vastly different than road repeats I have done in the past. You never know if the mile you have in front of you is going to have a steep up or a dramatic drop. You have to run more off of effort than pace. Interestingly each repeat essentially netted 0 but had up and down. I eased into them and pushed the last one slightly faster than marathon effort, but it felt good. Still proving Rob wrong. ;)

1 - 7:27 - 98 ft.
2 - 6:59 - 79 ft.
3 - 6:34 - 85 ft.

PM - 4.15 - 657 - 42 min

Mill shakeout slight climb.

13 - 1,781 ft. - 2:21

Easy double to Fernwood. Legs had a little less spring at the end. Tomorrow will be a good long run on pretty tired legs. Perfect training. Still on track for the century this week.

32.1 - 6,352 ft. - 6:32 on feet

From Upper Big Water we followed the course to Dog Lake, on to Desolation, and up to the ridge. We tossed in a mile out and back south for extra mileage and then headed back north along the Crest and down back to the parking lot. That was a 14 mile loop. 

Ran the loop again but excluded the out and back on the Crest. 12 miles for loop 2. We then ran 3 miles of road down to Elbow Fork, did an about face, and ran back up the road to finish at 32 miles and 100 miles in 6 days! Glad to hit the goal of 100 miles for peak week and was happy to run the 3 of road up at the end without dropping to a hike at all.