A couple of long runs

For all of you who were holding your breath wondering if I was going to do the long run on Saturday or Sunday. The long run ended up being on Sunday! That's right, pay up.

The long run on Sunday was at Waterdog park in Belmont CA. Here is a lovely picture of the view of it...

It basically looks like the peninsula hills, but it's just a nice trail run. It's known for abundant mountain lions and apparently a ghost that steals people away never to return. I've been running there since high school and as of yet have not had an issue, but I might just be lucky. It's a tough run, once I get to the trail head it's basically 1.5 miles uphill and usually it's brutal. I felt pretty good on it though, usually I'm huffing and puffing by the end but I felt great at the end.

As I am writing this blog currently from outside of Park City, Utah. Utah is gorgeous and currently we are about 5,000 - 6,000 feet up. Literally Mount Timpanogos is right outside the window and is stunningly beautiful. Here is another picture:

It's a little less green, since it's winter but the overall point is that we are high up, like mountain level :P. Therefore, running should be interesting this week. While I will not be able to do speed workouts or even the temple run, I'm definitely going to take advantage of training in the altitude. In fact, despite waking up super early tonight (4:05am) my BF and I went for a quick 2.5 mile run, about 1/3 of which was uphill and sheesh my lungs were bleeding. That was quite tough, definitely did a number on me. It was a really beautiful run though, even though painful.

We'll probably run a little bit everyday and then by the end of the week, i'll hopefully be in better shape even though I won't be on my schedule. Will resume the specific speed and tempo workouts next week and let you know how I feel. This week is going to be pretty painful though I can already tell :) That's ok, at least it's beautiful here and not as cold as I would have thought.

Will keep you updated as the week goes on! I'm going to try downhill skiing one day so hopefully I won't be too sore after that to go on a run, or I just might push through.

Till next time!