I have really dialed back my training after Wasatch 100 to
help my body recover and to give myself a break. I was doing 40-50 mountain
mile weeks with about 10K vert before the race and since then I’ve been right
about 25 per week. I am actually feeling really good right now, but I still
have some nagging soreness in my left hamstring that has been bothering me
since February. It only flares up when I am running fast on steep downhill
slopes and it seems to be getting a little better, but I still feel it when I
go fast.
Our fall weather has been pretty mellow and dry and I took
full advantage getting out with our running crew. We were able to get in a lot
of excellent trail miles over the last 6 weeks until the first major storm of
the year hit over the weekend. Craig recently purchased a Sony action cam and
we have been messing around with it over the last few weeks. He put together 3
videos from Mt. Wire, View Benchmark and Grandeur peak. These are the peaks
that I climb the most because they are close to home/work and I can get up and
down quickly.
Speaking of peaks last week I hit a milestone that I was
pretty psyched about. I hit 100 peaks for the year in 2012. My original goal
was 75 for the year, but I shattered that, so my stretch goal was 100 and it
looks like I should be able to get to 110 without much of a problem. That also
gives me 232 peaks in the last 3 years. I have seen some of the most incredible
views, sunrises, sunsets, just about every wild animal you can think of and
created some incredible memories with good friends. I can’t even describe how
awesome it has been.
In case anyone is interested here are the 3 videos that
Craig made:
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