by Next Saturday is Palo Duro Canyon 50K.
We leave early Friday morning; I’m looking forward to the car ride with friends almost as much as the actual race. Sunday, Stephanie, Marcia, and I ran on the Barton Creek greenbelt starting from Zilker Park. I told myself I wouldn’t run for more than 2 hours but I got sucked into it…the weather was cool, we were chatting and hitting a good pace, and I felt great. Looked down around Sculpture Falls to see that my run time was at 1:20. Oops! I turned around and had a negative split coming back. Afterward, we stood in Barton Creek and soaked, talking up the trip details.
Man, that was a good morning!
I had been afraid I was going to be totally depleted after Longhorn Half Ironman but it looks like I’m good (though I will still take it easy this week and focus on nutrition, sleep, and hydration, throwing in some short workouts with higher intensity).
October 7–13, 2007 workouts
swim 1:24
bike 4:40
run 3:21
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total 9:25* These numbers include the Longhorn Half Ironman
Exciting
These two weeks — last and this — must be some weird twilight-zone mix of recovery from the Half and taper for Palo Duro, right? Looks like it\’s working for you if you felt great after a 2:40 trail run/chat:)
I lost track, are you running the 50K or 50 miles?
Have a great trip and run.
Re: Exciting
Thanks whyiron.
I\’m doing the 50K for fun (no real time goal, just enjoy the scenery). It HAS been kind of a weird twilight zone so far. But I\’ll tell you–no post event blues; there\’s no time!
beast, you will rock palo duro.