..then to be able to run on the trails around these...
the beautiful red rock formations near Morrison, CO. Seriously, it is sooo beautiful out there.
I met up with the Denver Trail Runners this morning at 8A for a trail run. I am embarrassed to say that I have never actually run on any of the trails around Red Rocks. But, I will say that after my run today, I will definitely be going back!
The run was awesome! The trails had everything...hills, downhills, technical parts, and nice flat sections where you could really fly.
And, because it IS winter, there were actually parts that were completely iced over. In fact, at one point, we had to slide down a hill on our butts so we wouldn't slip and fall!
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| Source This isn't the actual trail, but it was really similar to this, only A LOT steeper! |
Although this is technically only my 4th trail run this year, I felt like I had been running trails my whole life. I loved it! Trail running is just so much more technical than road running and you constantly have to be aware of your surroundings. Sometimes on long training runs I get so bored because, let's face it, it IS sometimes pretty boring on those longs runs. BUT, today, having things to concentrate on, running through the trees, grasses, and rocks just made the miles and time fly by.
But, one thing that I am learning that I need to do is LET GO of the numbers. Keeping track of your pace, time, and distance is just so DIFFERENT. You cannot compare your road running pace to your trail pace..you just can't. In fact, I stopped looking at my pace on my Garmin completely because it just wasn't useful information for me. So, from now on, I'm going to stop focusing so much on the numbers (which is kind of hard coming off of IMAZ training where it's ALL about the numbers), and just focus on enjoying myself out there. :)
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| Happy shoes...Dirty Floor! :) |
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| You have NO idea what kind of images pop up when you type "happy trails" into Google...YIKES..ha ha! :) |
