Bear training week 12 recap
I did no outdoor running in week 12, so the numbers are a little sad.
2.5 miles running
10 hours, 26 minutes all training
0 ft D+ running
I had one good tempo workout on an elliptical trainer, the usual yoga and pool HIIT, and 70 miles of biking with a good amount of climbing.
Saturday I rode my bike over the steep hills alongside Horsetooth Reservoir to Lory State Park to watch runners at the Quad Rock 25 and 50 mile races. 300 meters before the 25 mile mark (and finish line), the route crosses Lory's main access road. I stopped there and hung out with two volunteer course marshals for an hour and a half.
My bike at the top of the small, easternmost ridge of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Two increasingly higher ridges are visible in the background.
I missed seeing the eventual winner, David Roche, by two minutes. The runners in second and third place came through fifteen minutes after I arrived. After the first three 25 mile finishers came in I got back on my bike and pedaled home.
Adam Merry, number 267, cruising to victory in the 25 mile Quad Rock race.
My left Achilles is feeling pretty good after this week-long break. I was overly enthusiastic about icing one evening and gave myself a touch of frostbite and a blister. No serious harm seems to be been done.