February Fun
As I entered February, my goals were to increase the distance of my long runs and allow my body time to recover. Thus, I found myself running less days per week but doing longer weekend runs. Early in the month, I ran the Sean O'Brien 50k. http://www.strava.com/activities/86539631 . I had a fantastic day. In fact, I dropped 27 minutes from last year's result. My legs were stronger which is a direct result of my daily lunge routine. Another highlight this month was running 32 miles of the Secret Canyon trail my running club, San Diego Ultra Running Friends, SURF. Many of us have invested sweat equity with San Diego Trail Fit cleaning up local trails including Secret Canyon. I finished the month hiking up El Cajon and El Capitan peaks. This is a difficult hike I use as a recovery day. With over 3500 ft of elevation gain in 11.5 miles, this is not a casual hike. A few years back, a veteran runner explained the importance of learning to hike fast. In lon