gobble gobble

Another year, another turkey trot.  Keep getting slower and slower.  Finished in 21:39.  I present the following list of excuses:

-it was very cold, which made breathing difficult

-it's a terrible course that makes correct pacing difficult

-I was wearing an incorrect version of the latest supershoes

In reality I am getting older and I never race 5k's anymore, so this is about what I should expect.  If I want to reach my goal of a sub 20 after I turn 50 I have some work to do.  Which I probably won't do as most of my goals for the upcoming year involve longer distances. 

In better news, Mookie finished his first race, even finding an old tennis ball on the course.

the week

Decent week, got my ass outside quite a bit.

Mon - wanted to hit the track but conditions sucked.  AM five miler in the Garden, PM four miler in the Garden.

Tues - bike commute 83.  Straight there and straight back.  Iron 45 with Mookie in the evening.  

Wed - run commute 66.  Six there, four back.  CityRock 116 for lunch.

Thurs - run commute 67.  Five there, four back.  

Fri - Iron 46 with Mook and $100, then bike commute 84.

Sat - hung out with the SAR dogs in the morning, then picked up our Cadet and introduced him to the Incline.  He crushed me.  This has been a slow year for me on the incline, this was my 15th time.  Need to get over there more even though it's generally not dog friendly.

Sun - big SAR day.  Training block in the AM, then just before I was about to head to Fossil we got a call for a broken ankle on Barr Trail.  Luckily she was pretty far down the mountain, the carry out didn't last too long and I was able to get to Fossil afterwards.

For the week:

run - 43 miles, nine hours

ride - 22 miles, 2.5 hours

hike - 22 miles, nine hours

A friend shared this oldie with me.  Two of these pups are gone (but not forgotten!), two are still going strong.

dogs and burgers

Not a whole lot accomplished on the fitness front over the weekend.  Kept busy with SAR stuff and dog sitting.

Did get up to Palmer Lake on Saturday, allowing me to drop by O'Malley's.  So damn good!

For the week:

run - 28 miles, 4.5 hours

ride - 33 miles, three hours

hike - 24 miles, 11.5 hours

I have the Rocket City 'thon in mid December, but other than that I'm pretty much in hibernation mode until December 23, at which point the days start getting longer again and I'll hopefully start moving again.

KF0SHF

Got my HAM call sign and have been messing around with my handheld radio.  Good stuff.

Mon - 44th Iron summit on the year with Mookie, then a nice 10k jog in the Garden.

Tues - bike commute 81, ten there and eleven back.  Quick half hour jog in the evening.  CityRock 114 at lunch.

Wed - run commute 64.  Five there, four back.  

Thurs - run commute 65.  Straight there and straight back.

Fri - bike commute 82.  Straight there and straight back.

snow

Odd weekend with the 100k recovery, a ton of snow, lots of SAR stuff, and cramming for my HAM radio license exam.

Got 34 miles of running on the week, and another 23 miles hiking.  Biking is non-existent right now as I get used to shitty weather.  We're pretty much melted out now, though the trails will be in rough shape for a bit.

The Rescue Run is one of SAR's biggest fundraisers of the year, hope to see all the locals there.  10AM start so hangover friendly.  I will not be running but I'll be out on course talking shit to everyone.

life goes on

Mon - sore, but got Mookie out for a four mile ruck in the AM, then an easy half hour run in the evening.

Tues - run commute 61.  Straight there and straight back.  CityRock 112 at lunch.

Wed - run commute 62.  Our first big snowfall and low temps of the year.  Five inches at the house, temp never got above 28F.  Plus it gets dark around 5PM now.  I'm ready for summer.

Thurs - more snow.  Got Mook out in the morning, he likes this weather a lot more than I do.  Did get out for a quick 30 minute jog before heading over to Fossil for snow beers later in the evening.

Fri - more snow.  Run commute 63.  Straight there and straight back.  At some point today or maybe early Saturday it is supposed to stop snowing.

Hopefully we melt out over the weekend.

24 (12) hours of Gnar

Headed up to Fort Collins over the weekend for the Colorado 24 hour run hosted by the Gnar Runners.  Good run for me, sort of.  For about 12 hours anyways.  Hit 50 miles in 9.5 hours but then the wheels came off and I ended up pulling the plug at 63 miles.  I have not been running that kind of distance lately so it was nice to get a good 50 in.  Had hopes of a longer distance though, but I just didn't want to walk the same one mile loop for another twelve hours.  Solid event though, can't rule out returning next year to see if I can get a few more laps in.