Well, not a whole lot to report this week. Other than one hard workout I had a fairly easy week filled with long(er) runs. On Wednesday I did 3xMile which was the workout I had kind of been dreading. It turned out to not be as bad as I was imagining. Other than that I just had 75min runs and one set of 3x500 on Saturday. I also learned not to run too far away from the Scottsdale Community College track. It is surrounded by a native reserve which can be slightly sketchy. I quickly found out that many people have vicious dogs that will chase you. And not just run up and bark, but follow you for a good 800m(half mile) bearing their teeth and barking. I had to eventually stop, turn around lunge at and yell loudly at the dog to make it stop. Anyone that knows me knows I have a big soft spot for dogs. I won't lie, I was slightly scared for my safety and when it almost got ran over when it tried to chase me a second time on my way back past the house, I did not feel bad for it. These longer workouts are still somewhat foreign to me. The pain they produce is just totally different than anything I have experienced before. I need to start getting used to it if I'm going to be a 5k runner though.
Speaking of 5k running. It has been confirmed that I will be running my first 5k this Saturday at ASU. It sounds like the race will be a good intro for me to sit in the pack get pulled around and just race. Geoff Martinson won the race in 14:2x last year, which would be perfect.
I finished the week off with a nice little road trip yesterday. Nicole Bush, a steepler from Michigan came here for two weeks to get away from the Michigan winter and train with some people for awhile. We fairly randomly decided to jump in the car and start driving north. We ended up making it all the way to the Grand Canyon, my second time this year. I used to do mini road trips back in Victoria all the time, granted I usually only drove for an hour or so in one direction, not 3+ hrs. We were gone for almost 12 hrs, it was a good thing we ended up getting along really well. Got to the Canyon, explored, walked down the "Bright Angel Trail" for a bit, which is kind of the main hiking trail. I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again, words just can not express how truly amazing the Grand Canyon is. Even though I saw it two weeks ago, it still took my breath away as if I were seeing it for the first time. It was really cool to see it in the dark too, first time I had been there after the sun set. It was really fun to get totally out of my routine, step away from running and spend some time with, well, with a stranger, haha.
Oh ya, and I'm moving back to Calgary!
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