Week Ending April 7, 2012

The week started with a double on Sunday.  I wanted to run 14-15 miles in the easiest combination possible and thought about doing 10-5 or 7-7.  I settled on 8 in the morning and 6+ in the afternoon.  Monday was a date with the treadmill and an uphill challenge in preparation for Mount Washington.  I wanted to run 4.5 miles at 10-11% grade and 7.5-7.6mph.  Unfortunately I was not feeling very good.  I ran 2.25mi at 7.5mph and 10% grade before I had to call it quits.  I ended up running 5 miles on the treadmill all above 7%, but did not hit the workout I wanted.  Easy recovery run on Tuesday morning and about 12miles in the afternoon.  I did basically the same route again on Wednesday.  Thursday was a big mileage day as I ran 10 in the morning and then went to Cheyenne Canon in the afternoon.  I ran a great loop there which included a lot of climbing.  I ran easy Friday morning.  I went to Pike’s Peak in the afternoon and ran an uphill workout.  After a 3 mile warm-up, I ran 10 x 3:00 up Barr Trail.  It was nice up there and I didn’t find any snow.  I did get cold on my last few intervals (being tired didn’t help) and was glad to go back down to warmth after my workout.  Saturday was a long run in Cheyenne Canon again.  I climbed the same route as Thursday and made some other loops during my 2-hr run.  104 miles for the week.