Fast run up Monkeyhead and back down. Really turned up the speed after going all the way to the top of Monkeyhead. Must have opened my lungs more or something after going 1/5th of a mile stright up a mountian. Anyways, I didn't have my GPS, but the time was about an hour and 13 minutes and the distance is 9.5 miles about so it was around 7.40/mi average. Good average for 9.5 miles and I felt really good. No lack of energy the whole way, easily could have maintained that pace for 5 more miles minimum. I could probably have gone faster as well. I imagine I could have done the whole thing for a near BQ time like on Saturday.
Feeling good about these last couple runs. Either pigging out on a lot of carbs and food over the weekend is giving me more energy, or the return of the sun, or both.
11.25 miles and was feeling kinda beat at the end. Out of energy as well as feeling it in my legs a little. I think the main reason for being out of energy was working out yesterday plus 4 miles on the AMT and 9.5 miles the day before that, but I think I may have done better if I had eaten an apple or banana. I did run the first 3 at almost a BQ pac, but it was fairly hard to keep it up. I'll make sure I eat a banana or something before my next run.
Had a really fun and good trail run in Redding. It was a beautiful day. Warm and very sunny, but not too intense. Got in lots of sun, got a good sweat but wasn't too hot. Was properly hydrated and fueled up before hand.. I wasn't sore in my inner quads like I was the previous 2 days from my long Wednesday run. Was a little sore in my shins, but nothing unmanageable. The trail was about 4.4 miles long so I went to the end and back for a total of about 8.75 or so. The last mile was almost all uphill and an elevation change of at least 1000 feet. It was pretty gruelinng but I handled it really easily. So that was nice. Beautiful scenery. lots of streams running through the trail to create fun obstacles to get over/around. Lots of rocky area that was pretty hard on my feet going downhill. Ended the run with plenty of energy. Felt like I could have easily drank another bottle of water, eaten a banana, and then turn around and do iit all over again, no problem. Might do that soon. There was also a fantastic network of trails in this area, I am really looking forward to running them all.
