A Runner at Heart.....Riding a Bike

It was 42 degrees with a slight breeze this morning.  It was kind of cool until the sun came over the hill.  I ran 12.34 miles.

I decided to just go with the flow today and take what the course and my body would give me today.  I took it easy and felt great at the half.  The tailwinds really helped on the rolling uphill section from 9-12.  It started to get hot after mile 16 but I was still on pace for my first BQ this year. 

After my drink at mile 21 I got a really bad side stitch on the bottom of my right rib cage.  It made it really hard to breathe.  It got so bad that I actually stopped to walk for a minute on the turn off Diagonal St. at about 24.6 miles.  I got going again, but it was still an issue.  I calculated what I needed for my BQ (3:25) and it was going to be tight.  I had to sprint the last 1/4 mile and my Garmin said 3:25:01 when I crossed.  CRAP, did I just miss by 1 second?  Luckily my official chip time was 3:25:00 so I just made it!

I was running out of gas after the Winchester hill at 19.  I don't think I ate enough yesterday as I have been trying to lose a few pounds.  I have dropped 6 in the last 2 weeks so I am on the right track.

Pretty happy with the result today...

I am in Colorado Springs for a convention for a few days.  I got a chance to sneak a run in at 4:15pm after meetings.  It was 65 degrees and calm.  I ran a couple miles up to the Broadmoor and then kept going uphill until I hit 3.5 miles.  The uphill really helped work the stiffness in my quads.  The first bit downhill hurt a little and then I got in a groove and coasted back to the hotel.  Total 7.05 miles.

40 degrees, long sleeve shirt and shorts.  I ran 10.58 very comfortably.  Nice morning.

8.52 miles

10.67 miles.

8.77 miles.

10.88 miles.

8.79 miles.

It was in the mid 50's this morning...even early.  Way better than the upper 20's and low 30's we have had this week.  I parked my car at Indian Hills elementary school and started from there.  I ran the 10 miles up to the start of the Just Cuz' course and then ran back down.  I saw lots of runners coming down as I was going up.  

I tried to keep the pace nice and steady and forced myself to NOT look at my Garmin at mile splits.  I made it to the top in a good pace and then turned around and ran down.  I even caught some of the runners I saw 2 miles from the top so they had a 4 mile gap on me.

Total 20.03 miles and I feel really good about it.

It was 43 degrees and windy this morning.  I ran a nice, easy 10.61 miles in the dark....

It was 36 degrees with some wind again this morning.  Luckily the moon was bright so I could actually see.  I ran 10.63 steady miles.

8.23 easy miles.