Monday, November 16, 2015

Week 11 - Rain and Wind (Yes), Sleet and Snow (Not Yet but it's comin')

Troy, Emily, John O, Billie, Curt, Mike, John
Troy, Emily, John O, Billie, Mike, John, Rick
Saturday, November 14th after 16 mile run - great day! A little cold at times but awesome company. We started in the dark but eventually saw the light of day :o)

Leadville training is long and hard, especially when it gets dark and cold. Having great people to train with makes it so much easier. This week was characterized by staying the course. Starting to make friends with the number 4 in the a.m. - never thought that would happen in my life.

Feeling especially inspired by my friend Andy Erpelding who killed his Ironman yesterday with a time of 13 hours and 14 minutes. He beat his goal by 45 minutes! Some might say he was fortunate - I say he earned everything he received yesterday. I know how hard and consistently he worked for over 6 months! Andy was in the pool, riding on the road and running all over town 6 days a week for half a year working out 1-2 time per day. He reminded me of the value of committing to a steady training program - I'm hoping that we will have success at Leadville because of our commitment to our training and rejecting excuses that arise due to weather, etc. Looking forward to our stair combo workout at 5 a.m. tomorrow morning!

Sunday, November 8th - 4 miles

Monday, November 9th - 2 miles

Tuesday, November 10th - 2 sets of the following:  10 stairs, 1/4 mile run, 20 squats, 100 yard sprint, 50 yards of lunges, 10 burpee pushups, 10 planks alternating arms stretched to the sky, 1/4 mile run
Pat Miletich wanted to celebrate by ending the day with buddy pushups up to 10. Other than Pat, none of us performed well at all :o)  - Rick, Pat, Curt, Billie, Jeremy, Mike, Troy

Wednesday, November 11th - Remembering Veterans - 6.5 mile run
Curt, Billie, Jeremy

Thursday, November 12th - Stairs were cold and windy - almost blew us over a couple times at the top! 55 stairs - 3x11, 2x9, 1x4  - Rick, Billie

Saturday, November 14th - 16 mile run from Crow Creek Park
Rick, Curt, Billie, Emily, Troy, Mike, John O


              


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