Category: To Coach: A Journey to 100

• November 16, 2023

  Riverbank Exercises

  The idea was to take the scenic route for 30 minutes and end at a park near home, switch the workout and use the metal step-up platforms for box jumps. I was all over the place for this workout on Tuesday. It took me 10 extra minutes to get to the park and my body…
• October 7, 2023

  Nice Côte d’Azur 50K by UTMB

  France, Monaco, and Italy Distance: 39.46 miMoving Time: 14:38:20Pace: 22:15 /miElevation Gain: 12,024 ft.Calories: 5,935 After reflecting over the last week, I’ve been quite satisfied with the results from all the planning and execution for the entire trip; except for one big mistake. More about that later. The race was on a Saturday, therefore I…
• July 3, 2023

  Chunky Tripping Trail

  Planned ER 2:05:00 z1-z2 Distance 10.70 mi Moving Time 2:29:46 Pace 14:00 /mi Elevation 2,552 ft. Calories 1,445 I may have underestimated the difficulty of this trail; however, it was probably one of the best I ever had. It was a legitimate Colorado Trail with plenty of technical terrain. Prior to beginning, I drove to…
• 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 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…