Official Training Day 1

Height: 5' 11'

Weight: 140lbs

Longest distance run before today: 10 miles

After dinner at 10 last night, before going to bed I ate 4 eggs. I got 7 and a half hours of sleep. When I woke up, for once I didn't feel like I was going to throw up from hunger, I should eat larger dinners later. But I was still a little hungry, so I ate a chocolate larabar and drank a glass of water before pulling on my running clothes, mittens and hat and heading out. I almost slipped on the ice on the way to the light rail station. I had forgotten those attachable cleat things for my shoes.

I reached the light rail station in a few minutes to find my friend waiting for me . We boarded the train headed towards our transfer stop. During the ride we talked about work. At the Auraria West station we transferred to the W line. The heating in the train was either broken or simply not on. Whatever it was we were cold, despite our winter running gear.

We reached the Jefferson County gov't station and disembarked, it was less cold now, but still pretty damn cold. We ran up, and crossed 6th ave on the pedestrian bridge. We promptly got lost. Neither of us had run this route before. However, thanks to the magic of google maps we were soon back on track. We ran alongside a busier street, through a residential area, and eventually turned onto a paved running trail. We continued along this trail for a short while, eventually exiting the residential area to find ourselves in an open space park. We found our turn off, apex trail, and were dismayed to discover that not only was it unpaved, but the snow had made the trail conditions an unpleasant combination of icy and muddy. Undaunted, we continued up the trail.

Over the course of the next half mile we quickly became daunted. It was the world's dirtiest slip-n-slide. After beginning the first climb we decided to turn around. We ran back to the station and took the train back downtown. My friend and I parted ways at the Auraria West station. I rode the train one more stop, disembarked, and ran to class.

For lunch I had two sausage egg bagel sandwiches and a liter of water from Einstein's. They're too expensive. I can't make a habit of doing that.

After classes my casual running club had a meeting. There's a bug going around, so our already not very substantial ranks had suffered heavy losses for the day. It was just me and two other people. We ran to Starbucks (casual running club remember.) and had coffee with the theater professor. After coffee one of our trio decided that she was done for the afternoon, so we continued without her. We ran along cherry creek trail, eventually returning to our starting point.

For dinner I had a steak that had been discounted at walmart, a salad, several glasses of water, and some toast.

Running distance:
Morning: 4 miles
Afternoon: 3 miles
TOTAL: 8 miles