just a little under 100 miles over the past 7 days, with two 20+ runs a trail race to finish the week. recovery is improving greatly from even a month ago, a very positive thing at this stage.
gaspin in the aspen is a trail race at flagstaff nordic center about 15 miles out of town. beautiful area, a mix of pine and aspen on rolling hills, quite and serene, highly recommended. it’s a challenging course—it begins at 8000’s and ascends about 1000’ over the course of the 15km. click here for a race profile. the footing is tough, plenty of fallen branches, lava rock, loose gravel and pine cones, grass sections…you really need to be paying attention to every step you take. we had a solid crew from run flagstaff out and we exchanged the lead several times over the first couple miles. i managed to find my way off the course, missing some arrows at 3 miles but quickly made my way back on the correct path, paying 100 meters or so for the lack of attention to the well marked turn. i fell into a good rhythm half way into the race and put a solid effort into the second long climb and maintained a comfortably hard pace the rest of the race. i was happy to have felt so good less than 48 hours after our 24-miler on waterline. check out NATRA and the AZ DAILY SUN for more race coverage and pictures. the writer of the AZ DAILY SUN was a little confused—apparently mike and i are competing in a 7-day MOUNTAIN BIKE challenge in august?!
we have another 2-day effort beginning tomorrow with a 15 miler down and up kaibab trail in the grand canyon followed by a 22-miler in the mountains the next day.
rob
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