I have passed the last two weeks at our place in Colorado. The daily routine has almost invariably included a morning hike with Mrs. Mac, carrying Baby Mac on my back, then a 4-6 mile trail run in the evening before supper. Though the bike did not make the trip west this year (Baby Mac won the coin toss), and I still have done no speed work since mid-May, I am logging a lot of base miles on foot. That should give me something to build on when I start interval training again in a month or so.
This trip also included a visit with CGB, who joined me in an ascent up Quandary Peak:
CGB did the hike after having been in Colorado for only 36 hours. He was nowhere near acclimated, and he handled the challenge with aplomb. He didn't throw up and he refrained from cursing at me on the 40% grade on the last mile below the summit.
I now go from 9300 feet above sea level to zero; I will spend next week at a conference in Palm Beach. But I am trading altitude and dry air for heat and humidity. As between the two, I feel a lot better at altitude. So I won't be setting any land speed records any time soon.
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