Bear training week 8 recap
I brought running back in week eight. I ran five times, and four days in a row for the first time since early June, 2024. The numbers:
31.9 miles running
12 hours, 12 minutes all training
5,171 ft D+ running
Tuesday I did hard running and hiking intervals on Towers road, 5.5 km of 10% grade. 30 minutes at 9/10 effort, my biggest single workout of the season. I'm only a minute slower on the climb than early season runs in 2020 and 2021. That's very encouraging.
Today I went back to the hills for an easy long run. It felt easy until mile eight, where I boarded the struggle bus for the last two and a half miles. Still, I enjoyed the entire run, saw lots of hikers, and the season's first wildflowers: sand lily, clematis, pasqueflower, and springbeauty.
Close up of white Sand lily blossoms with a dirt trail and high plains in the background. Lower Timber trail, Lory State Park, Colorado.
Conditions are very dry in our foothills. The creeks in Well Gulch and below Arthur's Rock often have running water into May, but have none now. It's not a good sign.