Monday, August 31, 2015, 7:13 pm
3.13 mi, 395 ft gain, 33:45. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.
My legs felt better today than I expected. My ankles, calves and lower achilles were pretty stiff when I woke up, but they loosened up throughout the day. Everything else felt pretty good. I chose the RR Grade trail because I wanted to wear the Lone Peaks, which have a little more cushion. Running on the pavement just didn’t really appeal to me.
I took it pretty easy today, but I wasn’t as slow as I expected. I felt better than after Capitol Peak 50 mi. I guess I have slept twice since I quit the race. That probably made a difference. But once my legs loosened up after I woke up on Sunday, they still felt better than the day after the 50 miler.
Average HR 128 bpm.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 7:17 pm
3.14 mi, 28 ft gain, 26:24. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.
My legs felt pretty good today again. My ankles were a little stiff starting out, but quickly loosened up.
Average HR 139 bpm.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 6:50 pm
3.17 mi, 389 ft gain, 34:52. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.
Another short trail day wearing a little more cushion under my feet.
There was some thunder and lightning to the south of the valley. The clouds were moving north as I drove out, but I hoped the lightning wouldn’t move with them. I expected rain, so I wore a long sleeve shirt, my OR He2 jacket, gloves and a Buff as a hat. I was much warmer than overnight at CCC100. The jacket didn’t keep me dry very long, though. That’s another thing to experiment with, rain jackets.
It rained pretty hard, but there was no thunder or lightning. It was a good run.
Average HR 125 bpm.

Thursday, September 3, 2015, 6:37 pm
4.70 mi, 554 ft gain, 46:50. WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Lone Peak 1.5.
A little bit longer today. I ran a little harder than I probably should have yesterday, so my legs were a little bit heavier today. Still, I’m in much better shape so soon after running 68 mi than I expected to be.
Another day with uncertain weather. I wore a long sleeve and the OR He2 jacket. I started with gloves on, but took them off after a little while. I also rolled up my shirt sleeves, then jacket sleeves and unzipped the jacket.
On the way back down after the turn around, it started to rain and picked up pretty hard toward the end. I zipped up the jacket and put on the hood.
Like yesterday, it was raining hard once I got back out of the woods to the powerlines. And like yesterday, I ran that last bit pretty fast. My legs felt good and it really feel much more difficult than normal, if at all.
Average HR 134 bpm.

Friday, September 4, 2015, 6:58 pm
3.15 mi, 33 ft gain, 29:15. RR Access road, with dogs. New Balance MR10v2 white.
My legs were good today. I ran faster than I expected too. I held back a bit because of it. I also stopped a few times for the dogs.
On the way back in the park, there were two other guys with dogs. One guy yelled to have me wait so he could leash his dogs. I decided to cross the street instead. The other guy had the same idea, but his dog was better behaved than the first guy’s dogs.
Average HR 137 bpm.

Saturday, September 5, 2015, 6:47 pm
3.17 mi, 28 ft gain, 26:05. Around town, solo. New Balance MR10v2 white.
I wanted to run longer today, maybe 6-10 mi. But I decided to keep it short again. I was faster than expected again. My legs felt pretty good too. But there was also a slightly off feeling too. I can’t really explain it. Maybe it’s still just general fatigue. I’d rather take a little longer to recover than necessary than get back after it too quickly.
Average HR 136 bpm.

Sunday, September 6, 2015, 5:39 pm
11 mi, 828 ft gain, 1:44:38. Town to WFSP RR Grade, solo. Altra Superior 1.5 red #6.
I found myself running faster than I had planned or expected, and I had trouble slowing myself down. I was comfortable enough, though, so I didn’t worry about it.
The run out to the park was fine. My piriformis was a little bit of an issue, but not bad. Running up the RR Grade trail was fine too. I tried to hold back a little on the way back down.
My legs started to get kind of heavy around 8-9 mi. I guess I still have some fatigue left from Cascade Crest. It didn’t really slow me down much, though.
Average HR 139 bpm.

Weekly totals: 31.4 mi, 2200 ft elevation gain