Summit junkie!

40 minutes on the elliptical to try and work out some of the soreness from the run on Friday. Everything feels really good and I only have some slight soreness in my legs.

Weights at the gym for an hour.  I worked my upper body and core. My regular peeps weren't there, so I worked out by myself and I was a sweaty mess at the end.

Dimple Dell gully trail with Jun and Dorsimus. The weather was a little windy, but almost perfect. We hung together all the way up the trail to the Bell Canyon TH and from there Jun loves to push the pace and my legs were not in the mood to even try and hang, so I held back while the guys pushed it to the top and I got there a few minutes after. After a quick break and a gel we headed back.

The run back to the car was fun, but I think all of us were a little sore from the 30 mile run we did 4 days ago. By time we hit the Wrangler TH my hammies were hurting. We stopped there and filled our bottles and then pushed the pace back to the finish. I got into a groove and pushed the pace, but Matt wouldn't let me go and eventually passed me with about 1/4 mile to go and I couldn't get by him at the end. My legs are worked.

Easy 3 on the TM after the kids went to bed. Saving my legs for trails and hills.

I think I got a sunburn today- What the??? Lunch break run up Mt. Wire. The weather was perfect and it was the first time this year I stripped off my shirt (wasn't pretty). It felt so nice and I actually enjoyed running without my ipod today. I tried to go fast and set a new PR of 43 min to the top. That is still very soft and I know I can do it in under 40 if I really push. I took a quick break and then had a nice run all the way down passing a few peeps on their way up. Perfect day.

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Grandeur Peak this morning with MattV. I just wasn't feeling it today. Not much energy and I never got into a good groove. My ipod crapped out on me about 3/4 of the way up so no tunes and I basically followed Matt all the way to the top. He beat me to the summit by a couple of minutes where he waited for me while playing some air guitar. I topped out in 1:22 which is not fast. It was very cold and windy on top, so we didn't stay long. I downed (gagged) a gel quickly and we headed down.

On the way down we ran into our friend Judy and stopped to chat about some upcoming spring mountaineering climbs. The run down was slow and my legs were heavy and sore. Total time 2:05.

On a positive note we did have a helluva lot of laughs on the hill today.

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