Tag: training_log

Feb 17 – 23

Feb 17 – 23

2/18/2014 – Tue – Mount Francis (1:10, 760′)

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Beautiful afternoon run up Mount Francis. I meet some cool new folks on the trail. We are now working on organizing an Prescott Circle Trail ultra in mid April. I will share more details soon.

2/19/2014 – Wed – Thumb Butte (:30, 608′)

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Quick lunch run up Thumb Butte with Lisa.

2/20/2014 – Thurs – Goldwater lake trail (1:01, 626′)

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Afternoon run with Lisa on the Goldwater Lake Trail #396

2/21/2014 – Fri – Thumb Butte Bypass Trail (1:07, 523′)

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Evening run with Lisa on the Thumb Butte Bypass Trail #326 Loop.

2/23/2014 – Sun – Thumb Butte Bypass Trail (:53, 523′)

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Morning run back on Thumb Butte Bypass Trail #326 Loop. It was a beautiful morning nice and warm around 45F.

Week Totals

Time in mountains: 4h
Vertical Gain: 3040′

Feb 10 – 16

Feb 10 – 16

02/10/2014
Mon-PM: 1:20, Elevation Low: 6449′ High: 7193, Total Gain: 785′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Up and back on Mount Francis with Lisa.

02/12/2014
Wed-PM: 0:30, Elevation Low: 5630′ High: 6286′, Total Gain: 652′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Quick lunch run up front side and down back side of Thumb Butte. Very warm day, felt like summer.

02/13/2014
Thurs-PM: 1:01, Elevation Low: 6319′ High: 6991′ , Total Gain: 672′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Drove to the top of the Sierra Prieta and ran down and back up the Sierra Prieta Trail. Very warm day around 68F. Felt very strong throughout the entire run.

02/16/2014
Sun-PM: 2:30, Elevation Low: 5510′ High: 7230′ , Total Gain: 1720′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Up and back on Granite Mountain. The cloudy warm day made for a perfect run.

Hours: 5h21m
Vert: 3,829′

Great week of some good vertical climbs. Felt 100% back in strength from being sick, but felt a little heavier. I think I got a bit out shape over the past few weeks from the reduced training volume. Going to kick up the training schedule and tighten up the diet with more of a Paleo focus for the next few weeks to get back in running weight :-)

Feb 3 – 9

Feb 3 – 9

02/03/2014
Mon-PM: 1:10, Elevation Low: 6449′ High: 7193, Total Gain: 785′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Up and back on Mount Francis. Still recovering from being sick. Felt kind of slow and it was very cold.

02/04/2014
Tue-PM: 1:07, Elevation Low: 6449′ High: 7193, Total Gain: 785′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Another run up Mount Francis. Feeling a little stronger, but was another cold afternoon.

02/05/2014
Wed-PM: 0:58, Elevation Low: 6449′ High: 7193, Total Gain: 785′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Decided I would just run Mount Francis this week. Felt strong and fast.

02/06/2014
Thurs-PM: 1:02, Elevation Low: 6449′ High: 7193, Total Gain: 785′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Last run of the week. Might have pushed it to hard, because I started to feel crappy after the run. I am still not 100% back after getting sick, still have some upper respiratory congestion.

Hours: 4h17
Vert: 3140
Felt stronger mid-week, but started to get a bit of a relapse of sinus and nasal issues at the end of the week. I hope to be fully back next week.

Jan 27 – Feb 2

Jan 27 – Feb 2

01/27/2014
Mon-PM: 1:00, Elevation Low: 6449′ High: 7193, Total Gain: 785′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Afternoon run up Mount Francis. Very warm afternoon, felt like summer. Was very strong and fast, shaved 8 min off my last roundtrip time.

01/28/2014 – 01/31/2014
No running, fought a tough chest cold. Really bad timing with the Sedona Marathon over the weekend.

02/01/14
Sat-AM: 2:36, Elevation Low: 4,375′ High: 4,612′, Total Gain: 961′
Sedona Marathon, still had a slight fever on Saturday morning so I made last minute decision to not run the full marathon, but instead run the half and support my wife by pacing her to shave 2 min off her last year time.

Hours: 3h36
Vert: 1746
Getting sick really destroyed my week and Sedona marathon prep, but the plus was I got to run an entire race pacing my wife, it was so much fun running together :-)

Jan 20 – 26

Jan 20 – 26

After moving up to the mountains last July I pretty much gave up road running in favor the more exciting mountain trail running. This change made me realize that using my GPS to track my pace and mileage really did not provide a lot of value. When running the mountains I really only care about the amount of time running and the elevation gain. For example, over the last 6 months I have spent 77 hours in the mountains with a total vertical gain 38,485 feet.

With this new mindset I decided to throw out my Garmin forerunner and switch to using the Highgear Alti-XTss watch/altimeter. It has a barometric altimeter which calculates altitude based on barometric pressure, not GPS, which is a more accurate type of tool for tracking vertical gain.

So my plan now is to just post a weekly log of my elevation low, high, and total gain.

01/21/2014
Tue-PM: 0:40, Elevation Low: 377′ High: 400′, Total Gain: 23′ ~ Irving, TX
Short out and back near hotel. Not a very hospitable place to run, but found a short grass path along the canal under all the freeway over passes.

01/22/2014
Wed-AM: 1:05, Elevation Low: 427′ High: 451, Total Gain: 24′ ~ Arlington, TX
Fun morning run with co-workers from Portland and Madison at River Legacy Park.

01/26/2014
Sun-AM: 1:08, Elevation Low: 6308′ High: 7102, Total Gain: 794′ ~ Prescott, AZ
Back from Texas and loving being back in the mountains. Broke away from Sunday birthday activities for a mid morning run up Mount Francis. Very warm morning, felt tired at start, but gained my strength around 35min into climb.

Hours: 2h53
Vert: 851
Had to travel this week to DFW for work so did not get in much running. Will be spending the next few days getting in some longer runs then plan to tapper off Thursday to rest up for the Sedona Marathon on Feb 1st.