Great Altitude Training

Yesterday got up early to watch the sunrise in Estes Park.....while getting in an 8 mile run. My last run for the week was very scenic, up the fore roads that led to the top of Prospect Mountain. See pics below for 360 views of Estes Park. The first pic was taken from the front deck. We have no neighbors visible where we are at. To get to the house we had to come up several switch backs....my favorite......reminded me of...oh never mind.....no RV this time.



The main pic for the blog was taken this morning on my 18 mile run..before descending into the "Devils Gulch"...It was a 4 hour run with stoppage time of about 10 minutes....felt pretty sluggish...poor nutrition. No injuries at this point....planning on only very short runs this week leading up to the Leadville Training camp. Last week got in a little over 30 miles, all but 5 on trails and all at at least 5,200 ft of altitude. THe plan is to focus on stretching for flexibility and glut/hip/calf/quad strengthening this week. Will head up to Leadville on Friday.

Starting the week with an 18 mile run and will most likely get in another 15 in total before Leadville will result in the longest training week with about 58 miles in total, with another 25 miles on Sunday morning....so overall a big week...so lots of rest this week and good nutrition.....we're 60 days out from the LT100.

Cheers!