Runs

Boulder Backside Loop

On Sunday my friend Mike hosted a little trail run on the Backside loop over in Boulder.  Mike is an incredible runner, on Saturday he ran from Boulder to Denver to join the typical morning running group I go to.  Except he started at 3am and ended up running 40miles.  Then the next day he shows us this epic trail, 19.2miles, 4500ft+ of climbing.

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Post race resting can be hard

So post race is harder than you think.  You’ve been in a routine for months and all of the sudden you need to recoup.  You just can’t do the volume of activity you had done previously.  Your body needs rest, but mentally you’re still wanting to get out there and swim/bike/run.  So you do your best, you try to stay a little active still, but your performance will be lacking for a week or two.

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