Pump it, princess!!
Morning: Run 80', Mt Carbon
I had planned on just starting off the first 20' of my 40' run with Jordan, but I was feeling good so I stuck with him for the full 80'. 80, 40, what's the difference? Figured it would do me some good as I'm really getting back into the running bit again. We've also never run the Mt Carbon loop together and each have our own variation, so Jordan could finally show me his way that he's talked up for the last year.
Evening: Bike 140', Lookout
After work, Jordan and I rode over to Lookout via a new route (for me, anyway) involving Rooney Road and more time on the 6th Ave bike path. A nice route, but just as long as going past Red Rocks normally is because of a nice headwind. Jordan and I parted ways at the bottom, and I worked the climb hard. I passed my first "1 mile" checkpoint in 6:00 and my second "5k" checkpoint in 19:15. Right after a rider coming down saw me working it and yelled, "PUMP IT PRINCESS!!" I have no idea what the hades this meant, but it did get me moving. As I got closer to the top I knew I was on pace for a PR so I pushed harder, and crossed the Buffalo Bill sign in 27:05...a 33 second PR. Jordan and I met back up and battled it out on the back side...downhills are an almost-equalizer for us, though I am sure he wasn't trying nearly as hard as I was.
So far I've knocked 3 minutes off my Lookout time this spring, and I'm thinking sub-26 is definitely attainable by the time Portland rolls around. Last fall I wanted so badly to break 30 before winter, and that didn't happen. So now it's nice to know that on any given day I could go out and do that fairly comfortably. Who would've though that hard work would actually...work.
I had planned on just starting off the first 20' of my 40' run with Jordan, but I was feeling good so I stuck with him for the full 80'. 80, 40, what's the difference? Figured it would do me some good as I'm really getting back into the running bit again. We've also never run the Mt Carbon loop together and each have our own variation, so Jordan could finally show me his way that he's talked up for the last year.
Evening: Bike 140', Lookout
After work, Jordan and I rode over to Lookout via a new route (for me, anyway) involving Rooney Road and more time on the 6th Ave bike path. A nice route, but just as long as going past Red Rocks normally is because of a nice headwind. Jordan and I parted ways at the bottom, and I worked the climb hard. I passed my first "1 mile" checkpoint in 6:00 and my second "5k" checkpoint in 19:15. Right after a rider coming down saw me working it and yelled, "PUMP IT PRINCESS!!" I have no idea what the hades this meant, but it did get me moving. As I got closer to the top I knew I was on pace for a PR so I pushed harder, and crossed the Buffalo Bill sign in 27:05...a 33 second PR. Jordan and I met back up and battled it out on the back side...downhills are an almost-equalizer for us, though I am sure he wasn't trying nearly as hard as I was.
So far I've knocked 3 minutes off my Lookout time this spring, and I'm thinking sub-26 is definitely attainable by the time Portland rolls around. Last fall I wanted so badly to break 30 before winter, and that didn't happen. So now it's nice to know that on any given day I could go out and do that fairly comfortably. Who would've though that hard work would actually...work.
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