We spent all day yesterday in Yellow Stone hiking, and messing around. I ended up with some pretty good workouts as a result. This morning I ran by myself at first and then helped Allison run her first 10 miler ever. It was even cooler this moring than yesterday, and my leg was aching. It was the samething that I get everyonce in a great while, the same problem that I had in the Striders 1/2 this year. I had to stop and massage my leg and stretch several time in the first couple of miles. As a result they were super slow. I finally got things worked out and was able to run some tempo miles. I pushed it hard in theis part of my run and was pleased with my results. My miles were: 6:21, 5:59, and 6:07, not bad for gravel road, slight uphill, into a head wind, and over 7,000 feet elevation.
I cooled down by running with Allison. We ran on some sweet dirt roads around the middle of Island park. Allison had never gone that far before and she did great. I ran along side keeping her company and giving her some water. I figure if she is actually going to run a half marathon that I want her to have a good experience. She averaged just over 10 minute miles for the run, and it wasn't flat and easy either.
(Hardrock- 95 miles)
We spent the rest of the day hanging out in Yellow Stone again. Saw a few Grizzly Bear and a couple of wolves today, a little more exciting than Elk and Buffalo! | 