Tuesday’s run was at 5 AM, in the dark, uneventful, and unphotographed. My pace was a tad faster than I’ve been running; in fact, since returning from visiting my mom I’ve shaved about 30 seconds off of my average pace. Granted, I’d slowed down significantly since running the Grand Teton Half simply because with no big race on my radar, I’ve had no need to work on my speed and have been happily just plodding along on my runs.
On Thursday, our friend Tiffany was back in town on business (she moved to California in June) so we all gathered for a group run. Bill even came out on his bike to pace us! These girls pushed me and I ran my fasted non-racing pace in months. Of course, the 62° with only 77% humidity didn’t hurt in helping us run more efficiently.
We couldn’t let Tiffany return to California without getting together for lunch, though, so we met at Cracker Barrel at noon and stayed for almost two hours. By the way, doesn’t everyone take their GoPro (affiliate link) with them to lunch? 😀
It was 59° when we met on Saturday morning. Yes, the mornings are starting to feel a tiny bit like fall, but I’m not ready for summer to come to an end so I’m just going to pretend it’s a cold snap.
After our turnaround, we came upon a truck parked crossways in the middle of the trail. He was stopping runners and bikers so we wouldn’t be near the quarry when the workers set off dynamite. I’m not sure what was blocking the passage on the east side of the quarry because runners and bikers kept coming from the east.
We weren’t allowed to continue and a small group gathered before we were allowed to continue on our way. I watched as a runner ran laps while waiting, but we welcomed the respit. We learned that there are two siren warning before the blast and then a siren afterward giving the all clear.
Of course, our little stop was the perfect time for a picture. Two of our friends had continued on and didn’t turn around when we did so they’re not in the picture.
Back at my car after I finished up my ten miles (I ran the shortest distance of all of us), I donned my new pink robe (affiliate link) so I wouldn’t get sweat all over my seats on the drive home. The robe is lightweight so it’s not too hot when I put it on after my run when the temps have really heated up, yet it does a good job keeping the interior of my car from getting slimy.
As soon as I got home, I strapped my helmet on and Bill and I took off on a ten-mile bike ride. I was shocked that my quads felt pretty good and didn’t complain as much as the last time I rode right after a run. Bill had ridden on Friday evening so ten miles was the perfect distance for both of us, especially considering we have a ride on tap for this morning.
In case you skipped checking in on my blog this past week, here’s what you missed…
- Sunday – An Eight-Mile Self-Guided Tour Through New Your City
- Tuesday – Mountain Biking In Moab With Sylvie
- Thursday – What Happened To My Guns?
Looking ahead to this coming week, I’ll be sharing the following posts…
- Monday – Please feel free to join me for Race Linkup and let your friends know which races they can find you running in the next few months.
- Wednesday – I’ll be posting another installment of Ask Coach Deb.
- Thursday – I’ll be pulling together my recaps from our vacation earlier this summer in Wyoming and Utah.
In addition to the runs I mentioned above, here’s a complete run-down of my workouts from this past week (completed mostly in our home gym)…
- Questions:
- Do you get together with your running friends for non-running activities?
- If you have to drive home after a run, what do you use to keep your car clean? Do you wrap yourself in a bath towel or beach towel, or do you stealthily change clothes behind your car doors?
- Did you race this weekend?
And that’s a wrap… Have a great week!
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I’m linking up with Holly at HoHo Runs and Wendy from Taking The Long Way Home for their Weekly Wrap. Be sure to check out not only the hosts’ posts, but the other great bloggers joining in on the fun!
Well the pink robe is really creative and very cute for post run. I have to use wipes to clean my seats post run
Thanks, I got the idea from my friend Miles who runs in Florida all winter. I couldn’t stand getting sweat all over my seat and seatbelt and my towels kept slipping off my shoulder so I had to do something.
Your running gang looks so happy and fit! 10 miles running, then 10 on a bike??? Awesome!
They’re a great group of ladies!
Is that robe specifically for post workout? I usually put down a beach towel on my seat.
Thanks for linking!
Nope, it’s just a cheap lightweight robe I found on Amazon. I hated getting sweat all over my seat (and especially my seatbelt since it can’t be cleaned as easily) and since my towels kept slipping this seemed like a good idea.
That’s such a good idea about the robe! I was going to try to keep a towel in my car so that i could sit on that on the drive home after a sweaty run, but the robe would be so much better!
The robe helps keep the seatbelt/shoulderbelt clean as well. 😉
Based on this week’s temps, I think it really was just a cold snap. Sadly for me, as I’m so antsy for fall. I wanted a GoPro or some better camera holder for my trip. I need to look into that.
Yeah, you’r correct. We are back into the high heat and humidity this week. 🙁
I try to remember to have bring a towel along to sit on for the ride home. I do most of my training runs local, so there’s no need to “towel off” for those…but this weekend I may have left a trail of “water” on my way to the shower because I was a saturated mess after both runs (and one of them was only 2 miles LOL).
It is nice when I can come straight in from my runs without making my car so nasty. LOL
I need to get myself a pink robe for post-sweaty workouts 🙂 Great idea!
Solid week of training, thanks for sharing!
It’s working great. I’m glad I got it!
One year, the Mercedes Marathon/Half gave out a towel-like seat cover for sweaty post-runs. That was a year I didn’t participate. 🙁 Are you liking your new bike? Your 10/10 brick workout is pretty impressive! Thanks for linking!
That seat cover sounds like great race swag – too bad you missed it. Do you know if it had anything to cover the seatbelt, though? It’s the hardest part to clean when it gets sweaty.
My new bike is a 2019 and won’t arrive at the bike shop until sometime next month. I can’t wait! 😀
I go to a weekly social run and we like to hang out at the brewery afterwards and grab some dinner. It’s a pretty neat way to wind down from the week! And that robe looks awesome. I just throw a beach towel over my seat and sit on it lol.
Your weekly social run sounds fun!
What a good week! Love your running buddies and selfies, too (where do you put the selfie stick while you’re running???).
I just hold the selfie stick in my hand while I’m running. I collapses into a small handle that’s easy to carry. Click here for a picture of it in my hand.
I used to change my shirt and sit on a towel, but your robe is so much more sensible!
Thanks, it’s working well and I’m glad I got it. I like that it also keeps my gross sweat off of my seat belt.
Did you hear the dynamite going off? I have leather seats (white none the less) in my car and it never occurred to me to put a towel down. I never noticed any sweat on my seat though.
Yes, we were close enough that we heard quite a BOOM! I actually hear it at my house pretty regularly and we’re a couple of miles away.
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