Monday:
AM - 5 miles easy
PM - I ran with Mark and the other guys starting at Fort Langley out to Derby Reach to a service road with a slight gradual incline for a few strides up the hill for 10x20 second bursts for form. We came back and I'd guess that makes it about a 6 mile run.
Tuesday:
AM - 5 miles easy
PM - 5 miles easy
Wednesday:
AM - Wake up super early for an EEG appointment in Vancouver after 4 hours of sleep. Ick. Glad I took a nap when I got home.
PM - 8 miles on the Fort-to-Fort trail at faster than recovery pace, but still relaxed.
Thursday:
AM - 5 miles easy
PM - 5 miles easy and tossed the frisbee around a bit but no game because everyone was probably trying to finish all their homework that was due on Friday before the campout.
Friday:
AM - 5 miles easy
PM - We arrived in Squamish and so my run was a little later than usual, around 6 PM, but it was nice. I started at camp with Tim as we jogged out looking for the correct trail up to Brohm Lake. After a few misses, we finally hit the right trail just as Kevin came bounding down the trail exclaiming "I found you guys!". So he joined us 10 minutes into the run as we started climbing up towards the lake which was a really steep climb. It was rather like K2 in grade and distance, but more awkward because of running up rocks and stairs which make it impossible to take shorter steps which are much more efficient at such grades. Anyhow, it took me about 10 minutes, maybe a little longer to get to the top. I ran up towards Highway 99 a little through some brush that was encroaching the trail. I wanted to run all the way around the lake, but after reaching 99 the rest of the trail was not cleared overgrown with all kinds of fallen brush and trees on it for farther than I could see. So after climbing through that for 10 meters I turned around and headed back the other way around the lake. After running for a while I realized it had been about 50 minutes and started heading back down. My total time of running was about 65 minutes until I got to the steeper and more awkward portions of the trail on the way down as I had to slow down to not bite the rocks(dust wasn't appropriate here). So if I had to estimate I'd say the run was probably a little over 6 miles with the crazy grade at first and the general slower pace I had to go through brush and running with Tim and Kevin the first few minutes.
Saturday:
All day - Hiking up to Lake Garibaldi for some polar bear swimming and some fun. I decided not to couple my day with hiking and running, but in the end ran most of the way back down the mountain for probably about 5k worth of downhill running some of which was on tightly packed snow. It was a great hike and a lot of fun.
Sunday:
Normally I take Sundays off, but I had the chance to climb the Chief today with Jordan and Daniel after we all left Paradise Valley campground in Squamish. So we hiked up Stawamus Chief and did everything the wrong way, or at least in an unusual way. We hiked up the trail towards the third peak first which most people come down rather than go up. Almost up to the third peak we cut across the bush straight up to the second peak instead. We hung out and then headed up to the third peak for some Bible reading and deep conversation. Afterwards we headed back to the second peak and down the up trail. On the way down we saw to our right a lady with her dog and asked if the way up to the first peak was where she was. She said, "sort of". I headed up and saw a rebar ladder heading up the cliff and started climbing to Jordan's dismay. We finally got up to the first peak the shortcut way and eventually headed down towards the car. On the way down we were walking and another group of 3 guys starting running past us which Daniel apparently couldn't accept so we ran after them and ran most of the rest of the way down, which was probably a few kilometers. We went over to the bottom of Shannon falls for a great view and headed home. My legs got enough of a beating this weekend that we stopped for some meat afterwards and then headed back to Langley which I managed to stay awake all the way home. It was an amazing weekend and I thank God for the wonder of His creation.
So I ran probably somewhere around 55 miles this week without really doing any long run, which is a bummer, but Its okay, one week without a long run so far before the season won't kill me.
Running Toward God,
Jason
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