Back on trails and track

I’m happy to report to be back in the business of running again. It’s three long months since I seriously injured the right achilles and only now I can run hills and track again.

With some packed up extra enthusiasm I’ve tortured my leg muscles this week already with:

  • An hour on the Des Plaines River Trail in Chicago suburbs. A very picturesque exercise in light rain with fallen leaves all across the trail.
  • Back in Bay Area one and half hours getting to the top of PG&E trail and continuing out and back the new, crazy steep Quarry Trail (interesting background info about the project here) up to Black Mountain Trail (but not to the top yet).
  • 2 x Cooper set at Los Altos High track in 3480m and 3450m. I’m like 100m behind compared to where I was six months ago. Well, back three months ago I’m pretty sure I could’ve done two times 3600m+ …