29

Decent 'thon down in Jackson to get state number 29.  Ran a good first half, crossing in 1:50:01.  It was a pretty decent sized crowd and I had a good group to run with.  But everyone was only doing the first loop.  The marathon went back out and did the loop again, and it was basically a solo run for me.  Kept things up until mile 19 or so, then faded.  Finished in 3:47:28.

Highlight of the trip was getting to catch MarchFourth Marching Band at a local venue.  Those guys still kick ass. 

Rest of the trip was spent at Jackson's only brewery, Fertile Ground, or doing some recovery hiking on the Museum Trail.  Luckily both were close to the hotel.

For the week:

run - 57 miles, ten hours

hike - 25 miles, ten hours

Weather is finally starting to warm up!

Mississippi queen

Off to Jackson for the Mississippi Blues marathon.  Hopefully my 29th state marathon. I've already tagged Woodall Mountain, the state high point, so hopefully this will be the last time I ever have to go to Mississippi.  

Not sure how this will go.  I'd like to go faster than Huntsville, but with the brutally cold January and February I haven't done many long runs.  So I'll probably go out at 3:35 pace and see how the day plays out.

winter continues

Busy week.  Some more crappy winter weather, $100 off to Florida for a visit, dog sitting, and a heavy SAR week.

Did get to catch up with my old cadet on Saturday at Red Leg.  She's almost finished with flight school and will then be stationed in New Mexico.

Just before midnight on Sunday I got called out on a SAR mission to help a stranded motorist in the Rampart Range Road/Mt Herman Road area.  Didn't get back until 5AM.  Oof.

For the week:

run - 43 miles, eight houors

ride - eleven miles, one hour

hike - 26 miles, eleven hours

1500

Keeping busy.  Lunch with the cadet, some hard work at SAR, Too Many Zooz and Moon Hooch at the Black Sheep.  Good times.

Finally had a decent week of running.  Including a 1500m up at the UCCS indoor track.  5:25, converts to a 5:49 mile.  I feel I can go a little faster but I'm probably done running the mile until this time next year.

For the week:

run - 52 miles, 9.5 hours

ride - 39 miles, 3.5 hours

hike - 37 miles, 15 hours

bike commute one!

We've outlasted the arctic weather, and it even warmed up enough for me to get my bike out of the garage.  For the week:

run - 45 miles, eight hours

ride - 30 miles, three hours

hike - 30 miles, twelve hours

Caught two nights of Yonder Mountain String Band at Lulu's.  Both nights were fantastic.