47 minutes
easy pace
5pm - up 9th to Chautauqua, Mesa trail to Bear Creek Canyon fire road, Yuri Pass, Bear Mountain Park, Table Mesa Dr., and home (usual commuter route).
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Woods Quarry
55-ish minutes
easy pace
5pm - hot and sunny - same commuter route home from work but I added a little side trip up to Woods Quarry.
easy pace
5pm - hot and sunny - same commuter route home from work but I added a little side trip up to Woods Quarry.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Morgul
[road bike]
1-1.5 hours
easy to moderate pace
hot and sunny - rode the Morgul-Bismark road loop from the house with KJ - felt weird to be on a road bike, but felt normal after an hour or so - those hills are tough but not nearly tough as I remember - good to get out there with KJ.
1-1.5 hours
easy to moderate pace
hot and sunny - rode the Morgul-Bismark road loop from the house with KJ - felt weird to be on a road bike, but felt normal after an hour or so - those hills are tough but not nearly tough as I remember - good to get out there with KJ.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
To the Slab
48 minutes
easy pace
evening - cool and cloudy, slight mist at higher elevations - did a hiking swap with Nee' and Sweets - ran from the Shanahan TH, up Big Bluestem, Mesa trail north to Fern Canyon, up Fern just to the Slab, stopped there, hiked down with the boy and mommy took off on a run from the Slab.
easy pace
evening - cool and cloudy, slight mist at higher elevations - did a hiking swap with Nee' and Sweets - ran from the Shanahan TH, up Big Bluestem, Mesa trail north to Fern Canyon, up Fern just to the Slab, stopped there, hiked down with the boy and mommy took off on a run from the Slab.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Friday Family Run
57 minutes
easy pace
6:30pm - down and up the Bear Creek bike path pushing Sweets in the running stroller while mommy ran alongside.
easy pace
6:30pm - down and up the Bear Creek bike path pushing Sweets in the running stroller while mommy ran alongside.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Morning Mesa
50 minutes
easy pace
5:30am - cool and mostly clear - same route into work as always - all week I've been feeling slow and unmotivated, but today I felt a little fire return - about halfway into the run my legs got lighter, my pace got faster, it felt easy again, and I was having fun - super easy pace today, but feeling like getting zippy again.
easy pace
5:30am - cool and mostly clear - same route into work as always - all week I've been feeling slow and unmotivated, but today I felt a little fire return - about halfway into the run my legs got lighter, my pace got faster, it felt easy again, and I was having fun - super easy pace today, but feeling like getting zippy again.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Damp Mesa Trail
52 minutes
easy pace
5:40am - mostly cloudy, cool, damp from yesterday's rain - usual route into work (no Yuri Pass) - felt bloated and slow and not into it - then I needed to stop for a digestive emergency at Chautauqua - felt a lot better after that - trails were a bit muddy, but nothing too bad - super mellow pace today.
easy pace
5:40am - mostly cloudy, cool, damp from yesterday's rain - usual route into work (no Yuri Pass) - felt bloated and slow and not into it - then I needed to stop for a digestive emergency at Chautauqua - felt a lot better after that - trails were a bit muddy, but nothing too bad - super mellow pace today.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Easy Rainy Mesa
52 minutes
easy pace
5:40am - cloudy, mist became steady light rain - same route as last night but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - headed out in very light mist, by the time I got up to the Mesa trail it was more like light rain, and as I ran down 9th St. into town it was a steady light rain - I was pretty soaked but it felt great - ran very easy and relaxed this morning - just enjoying the early morning rain - feelin' good.
easy pace
5:40am - cloudy, mist became steady light rain - same route as last night but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - headed out in very light mist, by the time I got up to the Mesa trail it was more like light rain, and as I ran down 9th St. into town it was a steady light rain - I was pretty soaked but it felt great - ran very easy and relaxed this morning - just enjoying the early morning rain - feelin' good.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Shakin' It Out
48 minutes
easy pace
5pm - sunny and very warm - ran home along my usual commuter route from work to the house - ran very easy but it didn't feel super easy - shakin' off a rest day is always tough, plus I'm still shakin' off the beers and crappy food that I consumed while camping over the weekend - finally started clicking the last ten minutes of the run - the big fallen pine tree has been cleared from the Bear Canyon fire road.
easy pace
5pm - sunny and very warm - ran home along my usual commuter route from work to the house - ran very easy but it didn't feel super easy - shakin' off a rest day is always tough, plus I'm still shakin' off the beers and crappy food that I consumed while camping over the weekend - finally started clicking the last ten minutes of the run - the big fallen pine tree has been cleared from the Bear Canyon fire road.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Devil's Playground
53 minutes
easy pace
mid-afternoon, mostly sunny, warm, light breeze - ran with Nee' today - headed out from our campsite at Vedauwoo and ended up circumnavigating the Devil's Playground - cool little area with lots of bulbous rocks and hoodoos and rock outcroppings with little singletrack trails going all over the place - those twenty minutes or so that we were hopping around among the rocks were so fun - sweet little tailwind coming back - felt great today - it's nice to run with Nee'.
easy pace
mid-afternoon, mostly sunny, warm, light breeze - ran with Nee' today - headed out from our campsite at Vedauwoo and ended up circumnavigating the Devil's Playground - cool little area with lots of bulbous rocks and hoodoos and rock outcroppings with little singletrack trails going all over the place - those twenty minutes or so that we were hopping around among the rocks were so fun - sweet little tailwind coming back - felt great today - it's nice to run with Nee'.
Friday, June 08, 2007
Vedauwoo Meander
45 minutes
easy pace
late afternoon, mostly sunny, cool and windy - just did a little meander from our campsite at Vedauwoo (between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming in the Medicine Bow National Forest) - wow, I could really feel the elevation here (about 8,000 ft.) - ran into a headwind going out, but the wind shifted so I also had a headwind coming back - never really got into the groove today.
easy pace
late afternoon, mostly sunny, cool and windy - just did a little meander from our campsite at Vedauwoo (between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming in the Medicine Bow National Forest) - wow, I could really feel the elevation here (about 8,000 ft.) - ran into a headwind going out, but the wind shifted so I also had a headwind coming back - never really got into the groove today.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Surveying of the Wind Damage
48 minutes
easy pace
5:40am - sunny, crystal clear blue sky, windy - same route as last night, but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - we had a ferocious windstorm last night (power lines arcing all over the place flashing throughout the neighborhood - kept me up most of the night) - it was still crazy windy out there, but nothing like the middle of the night - it was an interesting run as I was surveying all of the wind damage - a big branch in our neighbor's yard was filling our side yard - tree limbs down all over the place - three big pines (one about 18 in. diameter and 60 ft. tall) were draped across the Bear Canyon fire road, all in a little cluster (all just snapped off like toothpicks about 20 feet up) - it was at a place where the terrain was too steep to go around, so the only way through was through the trees, up and over, under, twisting around branches and trunks - I could tell that I was not the first to navigate through these trees as the bark was all scuffed up - 9th St. looked like a war zone (no big trees down, but branches and leaves and trash and patio furniture everywhere) - the Pearl Street Mall crew was busy filling their truck beds with tree limbs - Mother Nature sure can sock it to us when she wants to - the run was at a very easy pace, but the wind really sucked the energy out of me, so I was felt a bit more wiped afterward.
easy pace
5:40am - sunny, crystal clear blue sky, windy - same route as last night, but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - we had a ferocious windstorm last night (power lines arcing all over the place flashing throughout the neighborhood - kept me up most of the night) - it was still crazy windy out there, but nothing like the middle of the night - it was an interesting run as I was surveying all of the wind damage - a big branch in our neighbor's yard was filling our side yard - tree limbs down all over the place - three big pines (one about 18 in. diameter and 60 ft. tall) were draped across the Bear Canyon fire road, all in a little cluster (all just snapped off like toothpicks about 20 feet up) - it was at a place where the terrain was too steep to go around, so the only way through was through the trees, up and over, under, twisting around branches and trunks - I could tell that I was not the first to navigate through these trees as the bark was all scuffed up - 9th St. looked like a war zone (no big trees down, but branches and leaves and trash and patio furniture everywhere) - the Pearl Street Mall crew was busy filling their truck beds with tree limbs - Mother Nature sure can sock it to us when she wants to - the run was at a very easy pace, but the wind really sucked the energy out of me, so I was felt a bit more wiped afterward.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Cool & Breezy Mesa Run
47 minutes
easy pace
5pm - warm and sunny with a cool breeze - usual commuter route home from work via the Mesa trail - felt a bit tired today, not really zipping around as effortlessly as normal - it felt pretty hot where I was protected from the wind, but it felt cool and refreshing where the breezes were on me - big windstorm coming tonight; these light breezes are just the prelude.
easy pace
5pm - warm and sunny with a cool breeze - usual commuter route home from work via the Mesa trail - felt a bit tired today, not really zipping around as effortlessly as normal - it felt pretty hot where I was protected from the wind, but it felt cool and refreshing where the breezes were on me - big windstorm coming tonight; these light breezes are just the prelude.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Post-Sunrise Mesa
47 minutes
easy pace
5:30am - sunny and fairly cool - a run at 5:30 is no longer a sunrise run, as the sun is already up - saw 4 or 5 runners up on the Mesa trail this morning - we pre-6am-trail-runners have a nice little unspoken respect for each other - same route as last night, but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - saw a couple of mule deer on the little saddle west of NCAR - took me a little while to feel good this morning - tossed in a tiny surge on the Mesa trail behind NCAR and that made me feel better - felt awesome truckin' down 9th St.
easy pace
5:30am - sunny and fairly cool - a run at 5:30 is no longer a sunrise run, as the sun is already up - saw 4 or 5 runners up on the Mesa trail this morning - we pre-6am-trail-runners have a nice little unspoken respect for each other - same route as last night, but in reverse and without Yuri Pass - saw a couple of mule deer on the little saddle west of NCAR - took me a little while to feel good this morning - tossed in a tiny surge on the Mesa trail behind NCAR and that made me feel better - felt awesome truckin' down 9th St.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Feelin' Good on the Mesa
45 minutes
easy to moderate pace (closer to moderate)
5:15pm - sunny and fairly cool - usual route home from work via 9th, Chautauqua, Mesa trail, Bear Canyon fire road, Yuri Pass - felt great - climbed the hill fairly easy and worked a little bit up on top - I am noticing how there is poison ivy everywhere now; gotta watch out for that stuff.
easy to moderate pace (closer to moderate)
5:15pm - sunny and fairly cool - usual route home from work via 9th, Chautauqua, Mesa trail, Bear Canyon fire road, Yuri Pass - felt great - climbed the hill fairly easy and worked a little bit up on top - I am noticing how there is poison ivy everywhere now; gotta watch out for that stuff.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Bear Peak
111 minutes
easy pace
2:15pm - mostly cloudy and fairly cool - got dropped off at the Bear Canyon TH, ran up Bear Canyon, Bear Peak West Ridge, scampered up to the peak, ran back the same way, but went over Yuri Pass, ran down through the 'hood and Bear Mountain Park to finish at the house - wow, I have not done this run in a while and it seemed so easy - I ran fairly mellow, never really breathing too hard - my legs were a little tired, but my heart and lungs were very comfortable for the entire run - maybe I'm getting in shape - lots of hikers on the way up and on the peak, but very little coming down - a few raindrops fell on me on the way up the lower slopes which made the rocks a bit slippery - felt awesome today.
easy pace
2:15pm - mostly cloudy and fairly cool - got dropped off at the Bear Canyon TH, ran up Bear Canyon, Bear Peak West Ridge, scampered up to the peak, ran back the same way, but went over Yuri Pass, ran down through the 'hood and Bear Mountain Park to finish at the house - wow, I have not done this run in a while and it seemed so easy - I ran fairly mellow, never really breathing too hard - my legs were a little tired, but my heart and lungs were very comfortable for the entire run - maybe I'm getting in shape - lots of hikers on the way up and on the peak, but very little coming down - a few raindrops fell on me on the way up the lower slopes which made the rocks a bit slippery - felt awesome today.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Big Blue
55 minutes
easy pace
11am - sunny and quite warm, with light breeze - parked at the South Boulder Creek (West) TH - ran up South Boulder Creek, continued up the Mesa trail, ran down the upper and lower Big Bluestem to the TH - felt great - took it very easy - lots of hikers up there today - the upper Blue is one of my favorite stretches of trail in all of Boulder Mountain Parks, so beautiful - finally feelin' like I've shook off those rest days - those off days just kill me - drank a few Jamaican beers afterward.
easy pace
11am - sunny and quite warm, with light breeze - parked at the South Boulder Creek (West) TH - ran up South Boulder Creek, continued up the Mesa trail, ran down the upper and lower Big Bluestem to the TH - felt great - took it very easy - lots of hikers up there today - the upper Blue is one of my favorite stretches of trail in all of Boulder Mountain Parks, so beautiful - finally feelin' like I've shook off those rest days - those off days just kill me - drank a few Jamaican beers afterward.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Family Run
56 minutes
easy pace
11am-ish - cloudy and cool - pushed sweets in the running stroller while mommy ran alongside - went down the Bear Creek path to Boulder Creek, turned around and ran back up - he slept on the return trip - real mellow run, but my legs felt a bit tired - I think it's just the concrete - it's hard to feel good running on that brutal surface - felt like we were crawlin' but our time was a little faster than usual.
easy pace
11am-ish - cloudy and cool - pushed sweets in the running stroller while mommy ran alongside - went down the Bear Creek path to Boulder Creek, turned around and ran back up - he slept on the return trip - real mellow run, but my legs felt a bit tired - I think it's just the concrete - it's hard to feel good running on that brutal surface - felt like we were crawlin' but our time was a little faster than usual.
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