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Eagles Rest up & down(s)

January 24, 2017 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: mid-30s, crisp, sunny!

Comments:
Up early again. Did some stretching but went with CA, east. I dropped her off at school, then kept going, back up to Eagles Rest.

Same as Sunday, except I drove to the upper TH to do a planned double up-down. I can't believe I haven't been running up this mountain: WAY more runnable than Hardesty and guaranteed to not be snow-covered, which is clutch.

The upper TH to the summit is only 2.5 so I thought about a double. Felt a little rough (both energy and "sea monkeys") initially, and had to drop a huge deuce a mile in, but I felt better after that. Once I summitted (33:xx - pretty slow), I felt pretty damn tired. SO beautiful up there, however; I sat up there for a good 3mins before heading down.

I decided against a double full summit, but instead ran down to the Upper-Upper TH (a kilo from the top), and did another shortie from there.

Today: REALLLLY worked on hip extension. ALL the times I've EVER been fast, it's because of fully (or more) extending my hip. Period:

2010: "flick and pull"
2013
2014: shit-load of bridges, and "pull" cues over the summer

So that's been the focus, only this time, doing my damnest to do it on uphills, which is double-hard. I work both:

"pelvis up and down" (push-lift)
"hip push back" (glute squeeze)

It's harder, but you get like 4-6" more stride length, which is a shitload on a trail climb. And this Eagles Rest grade (maybe 7-10%) is perfect for it (compared to Hardesty's 10-15%)

First summit: 33:xx (1400')
Mini summit: 7:53 (433')

Really nice climbs. Had an easy descent after that, feeling good.

Rest of the day:
- had to kill time back in P.Hill.
- Stomach was rough this AM, so no breakfast (but ate "chicken skewers" at the market in town, which were mediocre-bad)
- home to work

Wore the green (my old "UO ducks") N1 trails. They're gonna be the race shoe