Since I ran a number of trails during my recent trip to Oregon, I’m sort of missing the feeling of running off-road. The closest trail to my home is the dirt path around the parameter of Big Cottonwood Park where they host a number of high school cross-country meets during this time of the year. Even though this course is missing the technical aspects of true trail running, it’s a change from running on the road. Consequently, I went out for a morning run in my Brooks Cascadia 4 trail-running shoes and completed four laps around the parameter of the park before heading back home. The total distance of this non-technical trail run was 6.3 miles at an easy pace.
I then changed into by street-running shoes (Adidas Sequence) and headed out for the second half of my morning workout. This run entailed running over to Murray-Holladay road, down Highland Drive, then up through the loop around the Holladay Cemetery before heading back to home by the way of Big Cottonwood Park where I completed one lap around the softball complex. This second run also amounted to 6.3 miles at an easy pace.
Finally, while watching the Sunday morning news programs, I completed my non-running workout that consisted of 200 sit-ups, 32 push-ups, a 60-second plank on elbows and toes, and 12 metronomes. | 