Back At It

Went into this one underhydrated and low on calories.  Wanted to simulate a late race death march... Success.  Not a good time though!  96 degrees and crazy wind does not equal fun.  After a complete failure last week I'm hoping to get back on the wagon with a few good runs this week.  Hoping for at least 4 days, maybe 5 if I feel up to it.

Got bored at work and had some clothes in my car, so I took off for a lunch run.  Did this one sort of backwards today... Had my bacon cheeseburger and Pepsi prior to my run, instead of after.  No issues and obviously had great energy throughout.

Got out with Jun and Scott for a night run.  We started just after 9pm on the Coyote Hollow trailhead in Draper and did a fanstatic loop, which included a run to the top of View Benchmark and a descent on the Eagle Crest trail, which I've never run on before.  I forget how much fun it is running with people, and especially running at night.

Scott's headlamp crapped out on the way down... Actually, it was never that bright to begin with.  I ended up tailing him close on the way down so he had a little bit of light and didn't fall on his face.  We made it out successfully... No falls!

My fitness sucks right now.  I was huffing and puffing on the way up to VB and actually ended up hiking two of the steeper sections.  I always run every step of that trail so I was a little bummed.  I realize that it'll take a few weeks to get things back in order.  After all, I've basically been injured since January, with a few runs here and there in between.  Patience is key, which unfortunately - when it comes to running - I lack almost entirely.

Looks like we're gonna start doing these night runs once a week or so.  Super stoked on that!

Woke up and decided to skip work and hit the trail.  Did the Desolation Lake loop in easily my slowest (solo) time ever.  Felt absolutely miserable for the first two hours, then things slowly started getting better.  At one point I even dropped in the middle of the trail and layed down for almost 10 minutes.  I promised myself I wasn't going to quit though and that my reward would be a Costa Vida pork burrito.  That thing motivated me during the whole run, which made it that much better when I ate it.

When I dropped down into the Millcreek side, ash from the fires was falling from the sky.  It was really crazy to see.  Made for a pretty memorable run.  Was definitely worked at the end of the run, but I slowly feel like I'm getting some of my climbing legs back.