Well, I'm still very much on the learners curve when it comes to training and that is what I love about health and fitness. Depending on the demands of your sport or specific competition that you're training for regiments will differ. Tiff and I decided about a month ago that we are going to shoot for the Chuckanut 50k in mid April and so I decided to amp up my running and become a true runner for the Galbraith 20 miler Dec. 20th as a way to test my fitness. I've been logging plenty of miles and until this past week hadn't missed a scheduled run. Missing my Specialized Epic I met up with Aaron on Tuesday and hit the trails for 10+ miles of single track, then followed it up with another ride on Wednesday, then the traditional Turkey Ride Thursday morning. Having not ridden for a few weeks, it felt so good to be back in the saddle again. However, even though these rides helped accumulate a 9 hour training week (the most since August), it hasn't helped me in specific training for the upcoming run just 3 weeks away now. So, I dusted off my Brooks running shoes and got 4.5 miles in yesterday and 10.5 miles today in the trails. Not just any trails though... The oh so famous "Tick Trail" named after Annalisa and I were bit numerous times by ticks over a year ago. The elevation gain is ~1800' with ups and downs constantly throughout the run. The run traverses around Mt. Erie and is a 5.2 mile trail. So, I'd thought it'd be fun to run it twice... Fortunately, I knew that Jim would meet me there and run the second loop with me. I felt pretty good throughout the entire run only having a slight urge to walk some of the steep ascents, but my competitiveness got the better of me and I ran the whole thing. Below are some stats and pics of today's run.
1st lap- 5.2 miles - 52:30
2nd lap-5.2 miles - 59:58
Total- 10.4 miles - 1:52:28
Me on the 1st lap Glad to see Jim at lap 2
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