Week Ending Jan 7, 2012

So I had big plans to go big during the holidays and run a lot of miles. Something gets inside while I am on break however, and I just do not run much. New Years Day itself I was a bit hungover and a bit tired, so I ran about 5.5 miles. Monday was a long run followed by no running at all on Tuesday! On Wednesday I ran a workout: I ran 8 x 800 after a 2+ warm up, followed by a 2+ cool down. I felt great on Thursday and went 11 instead of the planned 8-10. Friday I ran a wimpy 8 and headed to Pike's Peak on Saturday. I never would have dreamed of going to Pike's Peak on January 8th, but I saw a bit on the news about some hikers on Barr Trail and noticed there wasn't any snow on the trail. Up I went and it was great to be back on that mountain especially because I had not stepped foot on that trail since August. There were some snow/hardpacked spots in the W's but it was mostly good footing. Up above the top of the incline, past the experimental forest was all snow, however. I went up to about a mile shy of Barr Camp and was not looking forward to the run down on hardpack snow. Fortunately I ran down just fine and didn't slip at all. Now that I know there's not much snow on Barr Trail, I'll try to hit it as often as I can until it does snow. 63 miles for the week.