Back at Babler

RUN: 14.1 miles in just under 3hrs, Babler!

Oooh I missed trail running and now I'm back to it. No, I'm not registered for the MT50 (yet) but I really do intend to. I just have to plan things out and feel certain about it.

Anyway, today was exciting because I finally get to run with someone I don't run with often--RM! And he had his doggie :)  He's nursing an injury ahead of TTT, so we took the first 1:20 easy and walked when needed. There's no rush, and we did 5.7 miles in this section. I am so used to TH's steady run that running with a doggie and RM changed it, the talking rhythm and cadence are all different.

After he was done, I was on my own. One of my goals for this next race is to be stronger on hills (or smarter, depending on how you want to look at it) so I set out planning to hit hills instead of walking them.  in the next 1:40 I wrapped up 8.4 more miles. Still some walking (hillz power doesn't come on overnight) up the bigger hills, but I'm satisfied with the intervals I got done.

I stuck to my 45 min nutrition and thought a lot about what gear I'm going to wear this summer. It was on the brain because it was warm today. I'm sure a bra top won't work with the Camelbak, so maybe those DS Cool Wings I've looked at for years?

Either way, I'm also happy to report that I didn't seem to feel at all the effects of yesterday's ride on the legs. Yesterday my hips and hammies were sounding off during the ride. Today was all cool. So that means I'm one step closer to signing up for the MT50--I've shown that I can long bike/long run a weekend. Now I just want to be sure I can get enough long bike/loooooong run in to effectively finish July's HIM and Sept's 50M.