Is it my imagination, or has KSH broken the plateau and moved to the next level???

Nice enough to ride today, but I chose to run. There's a mountain I've been wanting to tackle for a while now, so I went for it. It's part of a 17 mile trail run that they do here called the Wahsatch Steeplechase, so I'm calling it the Wahsatch Steeplechase Lite. You can watch my bad videos of the adventure here (in this sequence...it's a little point & shoot camera and unfortunately it really picks up the air pollution!). I used my new Forerunner 305, and I won't even tell you heart rate gurus where I was most of the time. The total ascent was 3,989', distance 10.78 miles. I also won't tell you my pace since it was greatly affected by all the walking I did in the last 0.75 miles to the "summit". BTW, KSH, I thought of you as I got a SIDE CRAMP at about mile 9.

Clip 1: http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=WS_Lite_2.flv

Clip 2: http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=WS_Lite_3.flv

Clip 3 (actually only about 4.6 miles, not 5 as I state in the video):
http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=WS_Lite_4.flv

Clip 4: http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...Lite_False.flv

Clip 5: http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ite_False2.flv


I took an ice bath afterwards. I haven't done that in a long time. All in all, it still hurt less than cycling does. I think I have another year of training before I can even THINK about doing the full Steeplechase.