Well, if nothing else, today has been interesting. I was debating last night about going up to Mt. Charleston and running hills at elevation with my Wasatch relay team because my back was really bothering me. Ever since I quite taking the meds I can feel everything. I layed my clothes out just in case and come 6:00 am I finally decided I would get up and go. Met the group at Arbor View HS and we drove the 30 minutes to the Mt. Charleston lodge and then proceeded up the mountain at a snails pace for three miles. According to garmin we went from 6,800 feet to 7,600 feet in those three miles and averaged about 9:30-9:45 pace. The way back down was a lot quicker and I averaged about 7:40/mile for those three miles. It was pretty chilly up on the mountain and we even saw a few snow flakes and some fresh snow on the ground from the night before. It was a tough run but very enjoyable.
Came back to town and I decided to go out and run a few more miles. While I was running the neighborhood loop my kids came running up and told me Meg was having a problem with my car (2003 Ford Focus). The stearing wheel had locked up and you couldn't even turn the key. So I went to investigate and had absolutely no luck getting that thing to work. So we had the car towed in and am now waiting to hear what the damages will be to repair that problem. Had to know it would happen like this, I just sent in my tax rebate money to ford credit to pay off my car and now this happens. Murphey's law or something. Luckily my wife had only driven the car over to a friends house so it was close by and I was able to log some miles going back and forth from our house to theirs while waiting for the tow truck. Not a bad mileage week for me after a marathon. I hope to add a few more miles next week but not go crazy.....maybe 40.
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