May 5-11: 5 days. 48mi. Most of this week's mileage was accomplished via back-to-back medium-long runs on Sat. & Sun. In each instance, I ran for just over 2 hours on hilly terrain. On Sunday's faster effort, I used a single powergel and a PBJ sandwich for fuel, in addition to 2 x H20 bottles - one of those being 1/2 lemonade. Fine combinations all around, but it still isn't hot and I wasn't really out there for all that long. I also took 1-2 s-caps on each run... Next week I'll step up the mileage into the mid-upper 50's and see what that feels like. Need to do a tempo run and perhaps another LSD in the 18-20mi+ range. Also, BIKED 4.5 hrs this week. Most of it with K in tow.Highlight of the week: The attack by a Northern Goshawk on Friday afternoon. The scene of the battle was a short section of trail less than 10 mintues from home. I won't be going back until fall... These birds are VERY protective of their nesting sites! On it's first pass, it knocked me in the back of the head. I reacted to the blind-sided flutter and sqwaking too late, and hit the ground only after being 'thwacked'. I basically sprinted the next 200m of winding trail, avoiding dives 2-3 by repeatedly throwing myself on the ground. Scary stuff from a 2-3 lb bird!
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hi erik
i've been meaning to track you down to see if you wanted to join us on some these great runs we've been doing. in fact i had hoped to call you today to see if you wanted to run with us toamrrow. however i didn't remember until after 9pm. anyhow if you get this and can make it we're planning on going up wolf creek again, i want to get as much time at altitude before hardrock as possible and besides i didn't make it to the top so i've gotta go back. we're hoping to be at the trailhead by 7am-- email me if you're interested or just show up.
and in general we try to run just about every day of the week and are always excited to see new places and to run with other folks. right now our work schedule has us running real early like before 7am or after 5pm on weekdays and then on the weekends i'll be shooting for 4-12hr runs until i leave for hardrock in 4 weeks. alison told me to tell you she's always willing to go less than 6 hours. this sunday we're moving into our new place so we probably won't run but if we do it'll be for around an hour in the cub creek,buck mtn, rondezvous area(our new backyard).
so there you have it.
oh yeah, watch out for those hawks! i had a similar experience one day while hiking the appalachian trail-- not fun!
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