Training in Montana

Night run! Thankfully I was late getting to Angela's house so I saw the thunderstorm coming our way, otherwise we would have been caught in a very vulnerable spot during some intense lightning. Left at 10:30 pm, an hour late, so cut the run short. It was muddy in lots of spots and Angela wasn't wearing her traction shoes (didn't expect mud before the storm and forgot to change shoes before heading out) so that slowed us down. Very interesting to trail run with headlamps! Hers is 300 lumens which was amazing. Mine is only 100 so not great but good enough. Might get a new light for me before the run.

6 miles this fine morning. Good effort. Looking forward to a long run on Saturday.

4 miles this morning with a nice West breeze which made my hands cold. Loved it. Fast last mile of 6:50 really surprised me.

Looked again at the portion of the 100 miler I'll be pacing and it's daunting. I start at 8800 feet, climb to 8951, drop to 4590 over 14 miles, climb to 6800 the next 3.5 miles, then minor ups and downs until climbing back to 7500 where I finish. And a bunch of this should be in the dark. Fun stuff!

20 miles on the trail with a friend. It was a great morning. Got up at 4:45 and drove the 30 minutes to the trail, hit the trail by 5:50 am. 42 degrees on the thermometer but calm. No gloves, short sleeve tech shirt. Hands cold the first 30 minutes, then actually cold until mile 15 but it was okay. Thumbs still usable. Lots of up and down on this trail with total elevation gain of 1700 feet. AP: 11:59, average moving pace 11:25. Had 30 ounces of water in the pack, 22 ounces Gatorade in the handheld. Ate jelly beans and 1 gel and a few bites of Hammer bars from my friend. Took a Salt Stick every hour. Great run and I think I'm ready to pace.