May Roll Call (Kevin)

Hi all,

I am a new entry in this running group and am answering the request for a roll call.

So far this season I am training a few days per week with Scott C., over the last two weeks we essentially focused on leg strength development training, a few interval/tempo workouts and overall endurance training.

We completed a Barr Camp round trip (12 miles) on Monday, which was a spectacular run but a painful one (key attributes are leg strength on the uphill, acclimation to altitude, and conditioning the quads for downhill running on trail in rock and loose scree. Thankfully no permanent injuries were sustained by anyone and Scott demonstrated the steep "downhill-use-of-the-tree-as-a-stopping-mechanism" technique when stopping was nearly impossible. This run also gave us our first serious 'bonking' session at just under 3 hours for the round trip.

Also last week we completed his introduction to the Colorado Springs "Incline" (formerly the old cog railway), and it essentially a 30-40 minute interval workout (2000' elevation gain over 1.2 miles) that develops leg strength while keeping your heart rate near its anaerobic threshold (or lactate threshold), so it is a great workout for those attributes, highly recommended for those who are local.

The previous weekend we ran a practice run of the GoG 10 mile race course (June 8th), and thanks to the new race director, Matt Carpenter, the difficulty rating of the race has gone from a 5.0 to a 9.0, it should be a fun and punishing event on June 8th.
Best of luck to all and enjoy the late Spring training and cooler temps!

Kevin Silsby