Author: Tom Pryjda

• May 8, 2023

  Greenland Trail 50K, Larkspur, Colorado

  What a cool experience! Overall, this basically felt like a longer training run. One of the biggest things I noticed was that I didn’t pay much attention to the landscape or my surroundings, but more so focused on the trail in front of me and how my body felt. The morning started out like a…
• March 26, 2023

  No Traffic – Dawson Bluffe, CO

  Trail or Rolling Hill Run 2:35 Z1-2 Distance 15.32 mi Moving Time 2:35:02 Pace 10:07 /mi Elevation 1,220 ft. Calories 1,630 The morning started with a pleasant thirty-minute drive to the south Castle Rock area with hardly any traffic. Broadway near home was so empty, I even stopped off for a quick car wash. I…
• March 5, 2023

  North Table Mountain Park, Colorado 2:15

  Trail or Rolling Hill Run 2:15 z1-2 12.15 mi Distance 2:15:11 Moving Time 11:07 /mi Pace Elevation 1,808 ft Calories 1,407 Temperature 33 ℉ Humidity 51% Feels like 31 ℉ The morning started great with bright sunshine. I had an English muffin with peanut butter, preserves, cacao nibs and strawberries. Complimented with a packet of…
• February 24, 2023

  Wrong Workout

  This was supposed to be a strength and core, 1:00. Mistakenly, I completed the below. 5 min Hill Threshold, 1:00 After a good warm up on a hilly course, find a hill that is 6-8% grade and at least 5min long. Do 5x5min at Threshold HR. Recovery is time to descend easy (about 5 min).…
• February 23, 2023

  Uncomfortably Cold 2:00

  Trail or Rolling Hill Run, Zone 1-2, 2:00 Distance 11.68 mi Moving Time 2:00:45 Pace 10:20 /mi Elevation 522 ft. Calories 1,262 Temperature 7℉ Humidity 73% Feels like -4 ℉ Uncomfortably Cold The day was good, but I wasn’t necessarily looking forward to a midweek 2-hour run. I also understand this will eventually become normal.…
• February 12, 2023

  I Know Why They Call It Boulder!

  Trail or Rolling Hill Run, zone 1-2, 2:00 Distance 11.20 mi Moving Time 2:04:12 Pace 11:05 /mi Elevation 2,034 ft. Calories 1,390 Temperature 39 ℉ Humidity 43% Feels like 37 ℉ I know why they call it Boulder! For breakfast, I had some instant oatmeal and a wheat English muffin with almond butter and grape…
• February 10, 2023

  Treadmill Repeats 45min

  During an endurance run, do 8 x 2 min @ 4% grade. 2 min @ 0% grade to recover. Hills at zone 3 effort. 4.84 mi 45:00 9:46 /mi Fun on a treadmill again. I had a decent day at work and was excited to get home to this one. I had the right workout…
• February 7, 2023

  CorePower Hot Yoga

  The perfect 3-day trifecta. A Saturday evening strength workout, long trail run on Sunday, and this hot yoga session Monday evening. I attended the CorePower yoga studio in LoHi with a buddy and his girlfriend. We arrived about 5 minutes early, but in reality 15 minutes late. Before heading to change, I took a peek…
• February 5, 2023

  Dawson Butte, Colorado

  Trail or Rolling Hill Run 2:00 Zones 1-2 11.35 mi Distance 10:34 /mi Pace 827 ft Elevation  Calories 1,292 Elapsed Time 2:00:22 Partly Cloudy 31 ℉ Everything Zen Wow, that was freaking awesome! A buddy recommended going counter-clockwise for the better views, and he was right! However, I didn’t have much time to enjoy the…
• February 3, 2023

  Treadmill Repeats 45min

  During an endurance run, do 8 x 2 min @ 4% grade. 2 min @ 0% grade to recover. Hills at zone 3 effort. 4.31miles Distance 46:15 Moving Time 10:43 /mi Pace “Just keep swimming” – Dory Feeling better today. My stomach wasn’t wrenching and nauseated. Though, I was still leaking out the end a…