Sunday June 6th I decided to go bottom to top on Pike’s Peak. My legs felt really heavy the first few miles and I thought about turning around at Barr Camp, the top of the incline, or right then and making it a short day. I decided to push to Barr Camp and make a decision there. I should have known it was a bad idea and was going to be a long day because I ran an uphill workout the day before. That alone should have told me not to run up Pike’s Peak today, but I also had a bad night of sleep, tossing and turning all night, and didn’t eat breakfast. The combination of those three factors was devastating. At Barr Camp I decided to go on to the summit. What a terrible decision. It took me 1hr 26min from A frame to the summit. I was walking (wobbling) most of it, I was out of water, and I was worried about falling and my safety. Some guy caught me during the last mile and talked and walked in together. If he hadn’t stopped to walk up with me, I was going to ask him to stay at the top a few minutes to make sure I made it. I was weak, uncoordinated, and not moving fast. I told Tim Parr the story a week later and he said “Oh man, you were in a bad place.” Correct, Tim.
Nothing special on Monday or Tuesday. I ran intervals on Wed: 5 x 3:00 uphill. Friday and Saturday I put in 7mi and 4mi, respectively, getting ready for Garden of the Gods 10-miler. 69 miles for the week.
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