Training in Montana

4 miles in the rain at night on the rails to trails in Herndon, VA. I love running at sea level! Felt great. I was completely soaked.

AP: 7:34

One of my favorite things to do is run in a city I'm visiting and I've wanted to run around the mall in DC for quite a while. Mission accomplished. Ran all around it, up the steps of the Lincoln memorial, Supreme Court, and partly up the Capitol steps but it was blocked to the top. So many people out running. I love the exercise vibe around here.

AP: 9:03. Tired legs from yesterday plus lots of traffic lights. Lots and lots.

4 miles around Herndon Virginia about 11 am. Warmer and muggier than I'm used to. Nice to stretch out the legs.

4 is the new 10. 4 miles around Charlottesville Virginia this morning before going to Monticello. Run was great. I found a route that had other runners on it, so that means I win my game of find the route, which I always like to play in new cities. Also went to Manassas battlefield which was awesome. Flying home tomorrow.

Boot Camp! Finally made it to BC after months away. I love the camaraderie and competitiveness at Boot Camp. Plus the incredibly sore muscles I have for the next few days. DOMS is fun.

4 miles from home this morning before helping my wife make breakfast for my new teenager. I have two teens now. Ahhhh!

Gorgeous run this morning, few clouds, bright sun, decent breeze. AP: 7:41

6 miles from home this morning. Felt great, gorgeous overcast weather. Bright sun at 5:45 am. Love spring!

10 miles in Helena, MT, our state capital. Ran up a mountain so the downhill was pretty quick. Quads will be sore tomorrow.

AP: 9:41

Noon Boot Camp. Apparently I need more sugar before doing BC again as I got really dizzy a few times and had to sit down a couple times. I was also really warm so not sure if it was a combo of overheating plus low blood sugar plus a taxing run on Saturday. Regardless, a great workout and my triceps will surely be sore the next few days. Last week it took 4 days to get over the soreness from BC. Love it.

Thursday night I'm going for a 2 hour headlamp run with the lady I'm pacing next month. Should be fun! Any advice from experienced 100 mile pacers? I'm doing miles 48-82 and likely during the middle of the night.

Way cool article about a new app to help with making treadmill running more interactive and enjoyable.

4 miles in a new model, Brooks Cascadia 9 trail shoe. Seems decent. Great morning.

Morning: The night run that was supposed to be last night fizzled then I got to bed later than planned so today's 6 miles were cut in half. Not having a race of my own to train for is nice but tough to get out the door. Planning on double digits tomorrow. Will do the night run Tuesday night.

Noon: Went to Boot Camp, which was at the local park 1/2 mile away. Got 1 mile running there and back and at least 1 mile between exercises. I'm tired. Lots of sweat! Love that it's warm outside finally (80 degrees today; we hit above 75 yesterday for the first time in 239 days).

10 gorgeous miles up my normal Saturday hill. Didn't get out the door until 8:30 and it was a warm day so lots of sweat. Legs sore so took a while to warm up. Walked at 3 miles but ran all the way up my hill. Not sure about these shoes. Love the protection from rocks on a gravel road but maybe a bit sloppy for my feet. We'll see.

4 miles before going to Red Lodge for the day. 

Skipped the morning run as I planned to run at night with my 100 miler. She's sidelined for a bit as of today so had to cancel. Hopefully she can still run the race. 

Noon Boot Camp. Pure awesomeness will mean lots of sore muscles. Fantastic. 

6 miles this fine morning.

4 miles this morning from home. I love spring weather.

6 tough miles. Ran home from my son's soccer game and it's uphill most of the way. Legs still tired from Wednesday's boot camp which I think played into it. Hopefully I'll finally get that long night run in on Monday. My 100 mile runner is back at it. Should be fun.