Running For Trevor

AM:  5 easy, 8:15 pace.

PM:  20 min upper body weights (my arms are so sore today!) 2 miles easy, 8:30's.

7 mile hilly route in Salem with Jen, 7:45's.  Beautiful sunrise this morning.  I really hope Spring is here to stay this time.  My quads/hamstring were quite sore to start but I felt much better afterwards.  I need to be smart and am planning to take it easy all week.

30 min weights, stretching & foam rolling. 

PM:  SLC running company 5k with friends.  1 mi warmup with Josse and then I ran the 5K with my friends Janice & Candice, 8 min pace.  So much fun and so glad I went. 

8 mile orchard loop with Jen. She did a wu (10 x 90 on/off) and jogged back to me on recovery as I trotted along. She is looking so strong and it was fun to cheer her along. I do not want to race her anytime soon!

7.4 mile hilly route in Salem with Jen.  We ran into Mac & Aubs this morning so that was fun.  I know it's a little chilly out but I really can't complain about the sunlight in the mornings, I am loving it!

Today is the first day since the race Sat that I have felt semi back to normal.  I am not injured - just sore, hungry, and tired!  Long hard races seem to take a pretty big toll on me and thus the debate continues on whether I want to be a 5ker or marathoner.... 

PM:  22 min with my sister + dog + nephew + jogging stroller.  I'm calling it 2 miles but that may be a stretch.  Fun times!

8 mile orchard loop with Jen, Mac & Aubs.  I love it when I can talk new people into trying my little loops.  Fun morning!

AM:  5 mi around the loop with 6-7 x 30 second on/off strides.

PM:  Zion Ragnar trails series.  Holy smokes I am so naive!  I went into this thinking it would be a nice & easy recovery weekend for me out in the mountains.  I run on the dirt and the grass around the loop some mornings, I'm an experienced runner, the trails would be a piece of cake..... ha! hahaha!  It was about a thousand.....scratch that a million times harder than I anticipated.

Leg #1 - 7pm, 7.5 miles.  Hardest I've ever worked for a 8:12 average pace in my entire life.  Single track trail with rolling hills throughout.  It was beautiful but oh my goodness between the 6,500 feet elevation and trying to figure out my footing without breaking my neck it was definitely challenging to say the least.  I was very grateful for the soloman trail running shoes I borrowed because I would have been falling left and right in the shoes I packed.

AM:  Leg #2 Zion Ragnar Trail Series 2am:  This was quite the little catastrophe of events.  The runner before my runner forgot to wake me up so I got a screaming into the tent from the runner before me.  Crap I had missed the trade off!  Jumped out of my sleeping bag and just started running in my pajamas....ha!  4 miles of trail hiking in the dark with a practically dead headlamp half asleep.  My watch beeped at 30 min and I looked down to see I had reached 2.6 miles.  Wow I was blazing!  Tried to speed up and tripped and fell flat on my face.  huh I was fine but my pajamas were dirty.  I was finally feeling halfway awake by the time I finished this one so I ran a couple of miles with Josh.  6 miles at a 10:15 average pace.

AM:  Leg #3 11am:  Even after running 2 legs and knowing how hard this trail thing was I still had some weird goal of breaking 8 min miles for the last 3.6 miles.  ha that did not happen!  8:12 pace and I think I walked at least once, legs wobbling as I trotted across the finish line.

Final thoughts:  I had an absolute blast and I am so glad I did it!  My team was awesome, the camping concept was so much fun, and I got to hangout with Rachel quite a bit which was great.  But wow oh me oh my I have an entirely new respect for trail running.  Talk about a major ego check!  I have terrible balance, run very flat footed (I do not pick up my feet well), and am honestly very glad to come out of this without a sprained ankle!

PM:  4 miles easy.  Just trying to make sure I was still a runner.