Week of 12/26 - 1/1


Had a really solid week or strength training and training that all sort of happened at the end of the week.  I took some time off to try to give the shin time to heal, it is getting better.  Thursday 12/29 I gave it a go and it was feeling better, the rest and stretching definitely helped this week.  I took Friday off as well which helped going into the weekend.

Chris and I did hit Tecumseh summit in 43 minutes on 12/31 on solid trail conditions, soft ice with 2 inches of crusty snow and packed out trail.  We descended off the Tecumseh Trail off the NW side to Tripoli Road and then ran the slog back to our vehicle.  Solid effort all day for 10 miles.

Mutha and I hit Cannon for a speed ascent on 1/1.  Hit Cannon in 55 minutes and back down in 1 hour 36 minutes for a 41 minute descent on solid trail conditions, probably the best you could ask for.  It was January and we were in Spring conditions both for weather and trail conditions.  I took only a handheld.  We changed at the trailhead for Liberty Springs and ascended up Liberty on 1/1 as well for some grid action.

Pictures by me here.
Pictures by Dan Zucker here.

With all the trips up some 4k foot summits got in solid vertical.  Good start to the year! Hopefully shin gets better sooner!!!

Totals for the week:
30 miles of combined trail running and hiking
8600 feet of vertical