Reforestation Camp

7 Miles 56:28 8:04 average per mile
5:30 pm) 50's Nice!
Finally got to do some trail running. It was good to be
back on the trails. The conditions were not the best though.
The trails are very wet and soft. I was able to get on the
bike trails and they were a lot better except for all the
tree branches that have fallen over the winter. My pace was
slow compared to my normal pace on roads but felt the effort
was equal or better.
Tomorrow is the big day. Pikes Peak registration opens. Hope
to get in. I will be waiting at my computer at 12:00 central
time. I have the day off tomorrow so I will run in the am
and the pm. The weather looks awesome! The weekend looks not
so awesome maybe snow. I'm not looking forward to that. I'm
so done with winter.

In Competition

5.50 Miles 36:12 6:35 average per mile
5:45 pm) 50's Nice!
We had 6 runners tonight a bit better than the usual 3 or 4.
I felt very good tonight. Maybe it was the warm weather.

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ABA Green Lake

10 Miles 1:07:43 6:46 average per mile
151 HR average
2:30 pm) upper 40's Sunny Very Nice!
Visited my parents last night and today. We celebrated my 39th
birthday. My mom made me a nice dinner and a great birthday cake.
Had a very nice visit. Today I decided to do a run down by them
for a bit of a change. I ran at the American Baptist Assembly in
Green Lake, WI. I enjoyed the run no traffic to speak of and some
nice scenery and hills.

63.57 Miles for the week
Good week and some good mileage. Next week I hope to get in a bit
more and maybe even a trail run.

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Scray Hill to Voyager Park and back

20 Miles 2:28:48 7:26 average per mile
7:00 am) 40's light drizzle and windy
Ran with the GBRC today there was 10 of us. I forgot my watch
so I asked Mike what our time was when we finished. This was
a good hard run. Lots of hills! We had a few water stops along
the course. We went to stop at the second one where they placed
a cooler on the side of the road and it was gone. We saw a guy
outside his house near where it was placed and he said he did
not see anyone take it. So this was an out and back course we
come back to that location and the guy set up a table with a case
of water on it with a sign Free water to the Runners. How awesome
is that. After the run we all went out for breakfast. What a deal
eggs, toast, potatoes and tenderloin steak for $3.99!
Glad to finally get a longer run in. I need to get more of these
in for sure. Not sure what I will do next Saturday. I do have some
plans for miles on Wednesday though with the day off from work.

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Snap Fitness

5.69 Miles 45:00 7:55 average per mile
6:00 pm) treadmill
3% Incline
Decided to do a little more incline than usual 3% instead of 1%
doesn't sound like much of a difference but sure made it harder.
I need to start doing more incline work and hill work for my
upcoming ultras and of course Pikes Peak marathon.

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Dick Lytie training run

13.05 Miles 1:36:44 7:25 average per mile
5:35 pm) low 40's foggy
Ran the Dick Lytie course with Mike and Chris tonight.
I felt flat tonight. I think yesterdays run took some of
the spring out of my step. The course is pretty hard as
well it has a few steep hill climbs that take your breath
away. I will be racing this course in 3 weeks so this was
good practice. I might do this again next Wednesday.

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Mid Valley Rd

9.33 Miles 1:00:00 6:26 average per mile
5:20 pm) upper 30's no wind Nice!!!
Thought about doing treadmill tonight but it was too nice out
and rain is in the forecast for the next few days. I'm so glad
I ran outside. It was really nice! I felt great tonight too.
The first mile I usually feel sluggish not tonight I ran
6:40 and it felt easy.

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