The main course for this week was a tough 3 day weekend stretch of 20 miles on Friday, 23 on Saturday and another 9 this morning. That's 50+ miles in three days.
Highlights include:
A terrible attempt at running 13 miles on Thursday, but it was so hot, and so humid, that I ended with 6 miles, of which 4 were at almost a slow walking pace. It was too easy to give up on the day as I had a tough 3 days after that and figured i'd cut my losses.
Friday started off with a HOT 2 miles of running, and then we ran straight into the howling winds of a coldfront that entered the area. The temperature dropped about 20-25 degrees in less than 5 minutes, and we were then treated to a rainy 18 miles. The best 20 mile run I've had on roads in a long long time.
Saturday I had an early 4am start, and within 20 minutes, was completely drenching wet from slipping and falling into Barton Creek while crossing it up at the dam. The only thing that was spared was half of my left arm and hand. Too bad no one was with me to laugh about it, but I did my best to make fun of myself. Of the 4 hours and 45 minutes I ran, hours 3 and 4 where strong strong strong, pushing the pace and attacking every little hill i encountered. 4 creek crossings made me smile too.
I got a 2 hour nap to make up for the 4 hours of sleep I got, but it certainly wasn't enough to recover considering I then went to the Texas Football game, got back to bed at 10:45pm.
Sunday I was up again at 6am, for another 2 hours of trail running with Jo Dee. We had fun and braved the "field loop" as I call it. Since it was 54 degrees out, i figured the big rattle snake that has been repeatedly spotted out there was not out and about. We were treated to a torrential downpour for the last 35-40 minutes that really made the trail i call "the amazon: (south side of the creek) feel like a rain forest! 2 more creek crossings, both during the torrential downpour!
Few words can describe how happy I am to see the water healthily flowing in the creek again!
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