"That's why I'm easy ....."

Hey all,

Supposed to be an easy week this week. I say supposed because on Tuesday a freind of mine at work talked me into going with him on a "run" up Mt. Elden. He is training to do a grand canyon hike where he'll go from the south rim to the north rim and back again in one day (totally insane, almost 30 miles with a mile in elevation change each way). Anyway, Tuesday was a four mile "run" with two miles going up about 2,000 ft. and then two back down. I keep using the term "run" very loosely because after about a half mile on the way up I don't think what I was doing could qualify as running, we'll call it a "power hike" from that point. The way down was fun, but resulted in my calves being sore for like 5 days.

Thursday was a blast. I went out from work at lunchtime and starting running down woody mtn road again (this time no trucks). I peeled off on another road that I haven't been down before and found that it had a good 200 ft of elevation change in it, so it was a good trainer for Robie. I did 4.5 miles. It was fun because I felt so good on the run and turned it into an impormptu tempo run (finished in 39 min).

This morning was not so fun. It was really windy out and I just didn't feel very good. I did four miles and couldn't wait for it to be over.

So while the miles may have been lower then usual, the runs were certainly not "easy".

Paige had a big week. She ran her first 5k! It was awesome to see her get out there and enjoy it. Congradulations Paige!

-Justin