Rhett

I wasn't planning on running today since I am out of town with the family for Labor Day weekend and I figured it would be good to have an extra day of recovery from the 26 miles 4000+ ft climb then descent I did Friday morning.  We have been in Phoenix since Friday and we went to the BYU/UofA football game Saturday. We had a blast! 

Anyways this  morning my boys wanted to go to the resort gym and workout so I went with them.  I decided to stick with not running but instead set the TM to 15% incline and 4.0 mph and walked for 3 miles while they did their thing.  Let me tell you, walking at that incline for that long is tough but I figured it was pretty good training for climbing out of the Grand Canyon.

Half mile of running drills and sprints, then 7.5 trail miles with Blake. It was actually cool this morning.  75 degrees and dry air.

It was warmer and muggier this morning, 85 degrees.  7 very hilly trail miles with Blake.

I felt tired this morning so I dialed it down a bit and did a slower shorter TM run than normal.  7 miles 8:30 pace, max HR 132.

Today was one of those really tough runs that felt hard from the start. It was way hot. I think I was dehydrated from the start. We started abou an hour and a half later than normal and I hadn't fueled well. It was just not a fun run. I don't remember the last time I bonked on a run that hard. Anyways I barely survived a 12 mile trail run. I was very happy Blake was with me to mentally help. 

After such a tough run yesterday, I was planning on taking the day off today, but I awoke around 4:45 and felt like going for a run.  It was cooler and less humid this morning than yesterday and I decided to keep my run on the road today.  I ran up Cherry Tree which is a 5 mile run with a little more than an 800 foot climb, then turned around for 5 more miles back down to my house.  The first 5 took 49 minutes, the second 5 took 35 minutes. I felt much better today and am glad I got a run in.