Training Week Two

This week was uneventful for the most part, and I'm starting to get into the groove again. Monday night I decided to head over to the gym to do some bouldering, and ended up getting talked into doing an Insanity workout the next morning. I showed up at 7 a.m. on Tuesday and got my butt kicked. For those of you who are not familiar with Insanity, it is like an aerobic version of P90X, or that's the idea. For me, it was pretty anaerobic. As a result, I ended up doing 4.5 miles on Tuesday, instead of six. Totals for the week are as follows:

Monday- Rest/Bouldering
Tuesday- 4.5 miles+Insanity
Wednesday- 5 miles
Thursday- 6 miles
Friday- Rest
Saturday- 14 miles
Sunday- 5 miles

My Saturday long run was one of the best runs I have ever had. I ran the first leg of the Mt. Sherman Marathon, up the Mineral Belt trail to California Gulch, and then over the ridge into Iowa Gulch to the gates of the Black Cloud mine, the last operating mine in Leadville (not counting Climax, which has recently reopened). It was nice to have some asphalt under foot for a change, but it felt really sticky after running six miles on snow. Here are some pictures from Saturday:

Route

Looking down on Leadville at dawn

Wabbits!

Elbert and Massive form Iowa Gulch

Mt. Massive from the Mineral Belt

Elbert and Massive from West of campus

All I had for taking pictures was my phone, but I am very happy with how they turned out.