Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Road and Trail Running Shoes
Get in gear with these heavy-duty trail runners and barely-there road shoes.
By Lisa Jhung
Outside Magazine has posted a list of their top 8 favorite road and trail running shoes.
Click here to read the entire article.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
On Sunday my buddy Jobe and I tackled Longs Peaks. I picked him up from the Group Publishing parking lot at 1:50 am and we were running the trail by 2:50 am (I didn’t sleep that night), in pitch black, with our head lamps on. We hiked/ran as much as we could.
We summitted in just over 4 hours and spent 20 minutes on the top, I think we were the 3rd team to summit that morning. It’s the most amazing view I’ve ever seen. 14,240 ft reeks havoc on your lungs and we were burning on the way up. On the way down we were moving fast, even running a lot of the sections until Jobe took a fall onto his knee and popped his right ankle. Jobe’s the man though and kept moving fast while suffering.
The GPS info below is missing 1 hour of data. Our total time was 8:40. For some reason the watch turned off. The actual hike 14.7 miles long.
We celebrated the day with taco’s for Taco Bell in Estes Park.
The hike was perfect prep for the Steamboat 50. I needed to have that much time and effort put on my legs and feet. Thanks again to Emergent Fitness for forcing me to do all of the back squats, the legs felt really good. After being up for 36 hours, the Sunday afternoon nap and epsom salt bath felt really good!
Video of the day to come…
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Friday, August 13th, 2010
I get this in an email today, “PS, don’t get the Angry Birds game. It will suck your life away.”
So, I am beginning to see a trend. A friend gets an iPhone and they disappear.
Surf sessions are missed because they stay up late uploading apps. They spend hours playing ‘angry birds.’ At a dinner party with cool music they keep on yelling out the band, song and album name because they are obsessed with ‘shazam.’ I get it. Technology has captured us. And I kind of dig it.
Think of it this way. The next time you paddle out at trestles it might be empty. Because everyone is playing with their iPad. You are out for a trail run and the single track is in great shape because no one biked it during the rain tearing it apart. They weren’t biking in the rain because they were playing with their new apple product.
What do you think?
Last mental picture, you train for months to prepare for a half-marathon. On race day you find yourself passing dozens of people on a small climb. As you pass them you look over and see that everyone is playing with their iPhone. They didn’t do the training because they were playing with their iPhone4 32G. So now they are hunting for a song to pump them up and get them over the hill.
Tell your friends about the new phone and then join a club to keep yourself motivated so you can beat said friend at the next 10K.
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
On Sunday I raced the La Sportiva Eldora 11k up at Eldora Moutain Resort. The event was sponsored by La Sportiva, their shoes look very cool.
I decided on this race because I wanted to get some intense/fast training miles in at elevation (9,200 ft to 9,600 ft). To date, I’ve done ZERO speed work in my training which I knew would be a big factor in my overall time. The race started at the base of Eldora and took us thru some beautiful single track and forested areas. None of the climbs were to bad, but at elevation, you feel everything. At mile 2.5 I re-rolled my right ankle which forced me to stop for a minute to recover. I was able to run thru it but it took a lot of needed energy away. Bummer. There were 2 VERY large water crossings at mile 5. You couldn’t avoid either of them forcing you to run with soaked feet and legs. Because of water on the course, they couldn’t get a full 11k in, leaving us with 5.79 miles total.
Details:
206 total racers
00:54:48 (62 overall)
During the race I learned 5 things…
1. I’m not fast running up hill
2. I’m “ok” fast running on flats
3. I’m really fast running downhill (don’t laugh, some people aren’t)
4. There was a LOT fast woman trail runners
5. Rolling your ankle in a race sucks
I’m glad I raced, I just wish I was fast,
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
With Julie and the boys being out of town I came up with the bright idea of hiking Long’s Peak next weekend…as I research more I’m not sure why. My buddy Jobe and I will be giving it a shot this Sunday with a goal time of 10 – 12 hours. I’d like to see how fast I can go but I know I’ll be suffering before it’s over.
Longs Peak - 14,259 feet (4,346 m)
With the Steamboat 50 right around the corner, this should be a great day of training. If the weather stays good, it will be a long fun day.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Last week Julie gave me a pass to come home late so I could get a long mid-week training run in. I heard from my buddy Mike that Round Mountain up Big Thompson Canyon was a great one.
It rained for the 20 minute drive up to the trail head but when I parked it stopped. This run has a TON of lose rock on it and the rain didn’t help make it any more stable. The run offers everything, step climbs, beautiful scenery, amazing summer flowers, lot’s of trees and an overall a good time. If you look at the GPS profile, it goes straight up, and then straight back down making for a lot of hiking on the way up. The summit is a little disappointing but the rest of the run makes up for it.
If you live in Northern Colorado, I’d highly recommend checking out this run/hike.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
To make a long story short, today’s run destroyed me to the point where I wanted to stop. I just wasn’t feeling it. This was the closest I’ve been to bonking in a really long time. Overall I had a strong training week, I think I may have overdone it a little however.
This week’s training re-cap:
Monday – Emergent Fitness
Tuesday – Devil’s Backbone long loop
Wednesday – Rest
Thursday – Round Mountain
Friday – Emergent Fitness
Saturday – 2 hour cyclocross ride
Sunday – Lory State Park to Horsetooth Mountain Park
I’ll take a rest day tomorrow and get back at it on Tuesday.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
So far so good with the 2010 races…
Horsetooth Half Marathon – April 18 – (1:48:50)
Medicine Bow Half Marathon – May 30 – (2:00:24)
Garmin race stats: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/35234712
Leadville Trail Marathon – July 3 – (5:50:23)
Garmin race stats: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/39096172
La Sportiva Eldora Trail 11km – August 8
The Steamboat 50 – September 18
More info to come on the Steamboat 50 and the training plan to get there…
Then onto cyclocross season!!!!!!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
A few months back I’d gotten to the point where the training runs I was going on were getting longer and I was needing to carry something to hydrate. Also, summer in Fort Collins has been hot, we’ve had a string of weeks with days in the mid 90s. After a stop into the Runner’s Roost I picked up the Nathan Handheld below. This bottle is perfect. I can hold 2 GUs and drop in my Motor Tabs. It works great for 1 – 8 mile runs.
Nathan Quickdraw Plus Handheld Bottle
From there, the training runs have gotten longer and I needed to begin carrying more water, food, and misc type items like band aids, jacket, duct tape, toilet paper, Friction Freedom packets, etc. Runner’s Roost had the hydration pack below and I’ve fallen in love with it.
Nathan HPL 020 Race Hydration Vest – 70 oz.
It’s light weight, has easily accessible storage, holds TONS of water and is overall very comfortable. I wore it during the Leadville Trail Marathon and had a solid experience.
The handheld and backpack combo is money, I use Motor Tabs in the bottle and water in the pack. This blend of electrolyte and water is right on.
It would also be a great pack for hikes or long treks…
Andy B
outsideallday.com
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