Quote of the day: To truly enjoy the downhill, you must conquer the uphill.
For the next couple days, I am in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Elevation - 8100 feet. I drove through some higher cities on my way from Denver, but coming from low-land Virginia, these are some mighty big hills. :) Like mountain-sized hills.
Just because I'm traveling from work doesn't mean I get to skip training - it's a dropback week, but that is still a lot of work when we're just over 2 months out from the Ironman. I didn't bring my bike, but I'm lucky enough to be staying at a resort that has a fantastic fitness center with a lap-pool and spin-type trainer bikes. So I'll get my bike and swim on there. But the run. The run. The run.
There is a beautiful path that goes through the resort and down to the town below. (Below...3-4 miles down. Which naturally means that there will be a 3-4 mile run back up to get back to the hotel.) Last year, I ran down and kind of walked up, but this year I have the goal of running down and back up again, no matter how slow I have to go, between the climb and the elevation. The view up here is lovely. I will enjoy and conquer the climb.
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