Friday -Mid day – 87 minutes but I completely wilted in the heat. I ended up breaking several times, sitting in the shade of a tree to get back to some manageable state. So not great but on whole, moving forward.
Friday night we headed to the mountains.
And so we camped some.
Bart was very alert to a packrat situation. And was motivated to destroy the wood pile to get to it. Sadly it appears packrats probably destroyed a fair amount of wiring to the cabin from the solar cell
On Saturday, we headed up the Mosquito Pass Road. Once we got above the split on the road, the family hiked and I ran back and forth for about an hour. 11k feet is still 11k feet.
Running this road, even a little, reminds me of how freaking long it is. I mean it is stupid long. I was contemplating how when I got to this part of the race I’d have already been out some 3 plus hours and still have 10 miles to go. 
I made my way back to Denver for the Epilepsy 5k with Jack. I did this race with him back in 2012. It is a good social out going for him and it got us to practice roads, hard turns and the like. I had the added benefit of trailering Jack and driving him down. At one point I was thinking, “here I am in a borrowed truck (Bob’s) with a borrowed trailer (Bill’s) with a borrowed burro (Brad’s). How did I get into this?”
Our first mile was slow, but I was being pretty careful to not let him romp over anyone. A dude seriously came and line up right in front of us just before the race with his baby carriage and his kid in it. Things like man hole covers and street crossings were giving Jack some start and stop fits. The second mile was pretty much an open roll and we clicked that under seven with little issue. Our last was a bit slow again because of the turns and distractions, but we ended up clocking just over 24 minutes. It is about exactly what we did when we did the race in 2012.
There were a ton of people interested in Jack after the race. Most people say “you don’t see that every day!” or have little understanding of a burro or a donkey or a mule or a horse … we simply just don’t have that sort of thing these days, particularly in a major city.
After the 5k, I got Jack around the lake in City Park for a few more loops, cheering folks on in the first one, getting weird looks in the second one because the park had cleared out. I buzzed Jack back up to his meadow near home and then ran out to catch up with Bob and Dave – who were doing their own burro run from the farm. All the running gave me a nice little training day. Good day with Jack, some good running on my part, and a warm feeling in my heart on whole.
Second week of being back sort of over the Achilles. Actually, I am not really over it, but I am past the crap show I was dealing with a few weeks ago. This past week was a nice little bump of about 10% in terms of miles and minutes over last week with a mix of easy stuff, some runs a bit longer in the heat, some good runs with Jack, a little altitude, and even a touch of quicker stuff. I am still way off top form but I am swinging back into getting a fair foundation.
Congrats to Tawnee and John for tying the knot. PS – latest ATC is excellent, particularly focusing on MAF adjustments.
