April Showers: Running 4/19 and on

[yellow]

indysteel, sounds like you had a good trip to Zion. We're going this coming weekend. We plan to do part of the traverse, drop at Wildcat and run down to the road at the Angel's Landing TH and then maybe up the east rim a bit, fatigue factor depending. One of these days I'd like to do the whole traverse, realistically as an overnight. I love running and hiking in Zion.

I am very, very glad that next week is an easy week for me. I've had three very big weekends. I am quite tired!

[indysteel]

indysteel, sounds like you had a good trip to Zion. We're going this coming weekend. We plan to do part of the traverse, drop at Wildcat and run down to the road at the Angel's Landing TH and then maybe up the east rim a bit, fatigue factor depending. One of these days I'd like to do the whole traverse, realistically as an overnight. I love running and hiking in Zion.

I am very, very glad that next week is an easy week for me. I've had three very big weekends. I am quite tired!

Wow, Yellow! I had a hard enough time walking these trails! You're a stud. The WR trail was really muddy (the kind that will suck your shoes off) along Telephone Canyon and there was still a small bit of snow along one short stretch. Of course, that's liable to change with the coming week's weather.

But, boy, did we love Zion. It was a great trip.

[sgf726]

7.6 moderate miles yesterday 5*14 min run/1 min walk, longest run since the marathon and first on pavement (vs dirt) still having discomfort in my left glut/ham. My coach says I just have to be patient, buts its been almost 4 weeks now Followed-up with 16 mile recovery paced ride. Good thing I have 6 weeks still til the first tri of the season.

[limewave]

Just finished up my 200's workout.

[skhill]

It's raining AGAIN. So it was back to the treadmill this morning, in an almost empty Y. Guess it was raining so hard that a lot of the regulars didn't want to leave their warm, dry homes... Started off with 5 miles at an 8:45ish pace, then cranked it up and did one mile in 7:30. That's my fastest mile yet!

Now it's stopped raining, and the temperature's dropped into the 40's. Wish I hadn't washed and put away all my warm bike gear last week...

[colby]

Almost there, limewave! Hang in! You'll be AWESOME!

I raced the local 12k on Sunday, not my best race, but I was very consistent and it was pretty easy. 1:08ish. Last year I did 1:04. Next year I'll beat 1:00 I really should have pushed, but it was super crowded and I wasn't watching my watch very well. I always walk the second time with friends after jogging to catch up, so it's a 4 hour day for me all told. It'd be awesome if I had to at least run half the course the second time, if not almost the whole thing, but because there were so many people (over 56,000) my friends had not even started when I finished. I could probably run it twice and still catch up, but it'd make a 22 mile day instead of a 15 mile day

A pretty good picture,
http://images20.brightroom.com/0/768...-3210-032f.jpg

Lovin my pirate arm warmers at the start,
http://images20.brightroom.com/0/768...-1891-019f.jpg

Back to the grindstone... 2 months to Ironman.

[HillSlugger]

A pretty good picture,
http://images20.brightroom.com/0/768...-3210-032f.jpg

Love the VFFs!