Memorial Day has come and gone. Fortunately, so has the record-breaking heat that accompanied it. The unseasonal temps hung around all weekend, but Sunday was the worst with an all-time high of 94 degrees. With the humidity, it felt more like a July 4th holiday than Memorial Day Weekend. I followed my 18-mile long run on Friday with cross-training on Saturday, a one-hour maintenance run on Sunday, cross training on Memorial Day, and a hill workout today.
With the weather forecast to cool off all week, I've decided to add another long run (18-20 miles) for Friday or Saturday. Before then, I'll have another maintenance run and some cross training.
It's 12 weeks until the Pikes Peak Ascent and 16 weeks until the North Face Endurance Challenge. Time to get serious!
Frequent readers of this blog know that I'm a Shalane Flanagan fan. Back in early January, I picked her to win the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trails. After the Trials, I picked her to be competitive for a medal in London. Here's a recent interview that's encouraging and informative: http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/05/22/brief-chat-shalane-flanagans-june-agenda/
The Western States 100 (coming up in June) is THE iconic trail ultra. Here's an homage to the race by one of its most successful runners: http://www.irunfar.com/2012/05/home-on-the-western-states-trail.html
Pete Larson of the popular running-shoe review blog runblogger.com updates his guide to minimalist running shoes here: http://www.runblogger.com/2010/07/runbloggers-guide-to-minimalist-running.html
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