Here we go..... T-Minus 16 weeks. Yep, a mere 16 x 7 days (that's 112 days, right?) until a race I've wanted to be in for a LOOOONG time.
So I figure I'll document this little journey and this is the best place to do it (cannot imagine anyone watching a video doc). Like my journey to Italy a few years ago, I'm mostly doing this for me. The eight real live people and the couple of hundred bot views I get are incidental (sorry if you're one of the eight - you're not incidental).
Today, to kick off the countdown to Mont Blanc, I had a stellar day to close a good week.
First, I ran 7 miles in and near Washington Park in Denver. The run brought me to 52 miles for the week. It was a nice, easy jaunt, and one I would have done near home if it hadn't been for event #2: Mason's 7k race.
Mason, (in the first picture) for anyone who doesn't know, is my Grandson. He was an All State runner at Eaglecrest High School and catapulted that to a great career at Colorado State University. He was All Conference several times and the Mountain West 10k track Champion in 2023.
Long story, short, he won the Runnin' of the Green 7k today in what someone said was a course record (not sure as they just moved the course from Lower Down town to Wash Park). He looked strong and ran well especially considering he'd put in a repeated 60 hours a week as a first year accountant (it IS tax season).
Next cool thing was meeting 50 mile world record holder Charlie Lawrence. Charlie had placed fourth in the race (4.2 miles isn't exactly in the wheelhouse for an ultra guy). I've been following his career for a few years and it was a pleasure meeting him (even though he called me SIR).
On the physical front, my knee is still doing pretty well, and many of the items I track are on the upswing. My Garmin sleep score, by the way, would have had an average of about 88 for the week, but then was killed by the time change. 71 last night. Boooo! I realize that most of that wrist extracted data from my watch is, at best, un reliable. What I like is that the unreliability is most likely consistent. Maybe, then, improvement while not accurate, is real. Hmmmmmmm.....
This week the goal is 56-58 miles with a double digit run thrown in for the fun of it. I'm trying to carve out some consistency, get serious about my nutrition and up my strength work to where I am actually getting in my three days a week.
Getting close to making all the appropriate reservations. Probably flying in to Geneva and taking the train to Chamonix. We (my wife Linda and I) will either spend another few days in Switzerland or maybe down in Nice. Not sure yet.
Getting mildly excited.
Run on!
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