Warmed up for 20 minutes and then did a 5X4X3X2X1 fartlek As I was doing the workout I realized that I did an accelerated fartlek last week with only 1 minute rest in between each pick-up. I guess it has been too long since I've don regular Farteks. Last weeks was more like a tempo. Today I did equal rest in between each pick up and was able to push it pretty hard. My Mom comes into town today just as my sister and her family leave. I asked my Mom to support me on a 20 miler tomorrow and she was like, "I don't know if I can ride my bike 20 miles!?! That will be the longest I have ever gone!!" I am confident she can do it though. She is fit and thin and has been biking a couple of times a week ever since we bought her a new bike for Christmas. Besides, what better way to celebrate turning 60 than to ride your bike further than you have ever ridden?!! That is actually the reason for her visit, she just turned 60 last week, I am turning 28 on Friday, and my Mom's sister who lives in Littleton turns 65 on Sunday. So we're all going out to dinner together Thursday night to celebrate our birthdays. I also decided today based on how good (recovered) I feel that I'm going to do a 10K on Saturday. It is a pretty easy, flat course starting and finishing at the City Park (on the same trail where I do a lot of my long runs). The race is in conjuction with the Westminster City Fair. Unfortunately Aaron will not be able to join me because he has the opportunity to be our friend, Eric's photography assistant at the Leadville 100 on Saturday. Eric is an awesome photragher and got his biggest job ever as one of the only 3 photographers hired to cover the race and he needs Aaron to come help him identify cyclists that he is supposed to be capturing and carry gear and what not. Lance Armstrong and a few other big names will be racing and I'm sure Aaron and Eric will have a blast rubbing shoulders with the elite. SO I asked Mom if she could bring the kids over to watch the finish of MY race on Saturday and then we can stay and let the kids play in the bouncy houses and do any other fun fair activities. What a FUN week!! | 