Long Run and Ski Trip (hopefully with pictures!)

Blogger's been weird and my pictures weren't showing up earlier, hope this works. If not, I'll figure it out (or at least delete those obnoxious blank squares)

Saturday 15.0 miles/2:15:03/9:00 average pace

Wonderful long run at Coyote Hills as planned. It was sunny but cool and there were lots of runners and cyclists out. It was absolutely beautiful and I felt great.

I don't think these pictures capture how green the hills really were! It was lovely. Being at the bay shore is so cool because you get to see all kinds of sea birds. I also saw a bunny.

TOTAL miles for Week 2 of training: 39.

Plus 2000 m swimming and 2 weights sessions.

Sunday morning we drove up to Squaw Valley at Lake Tahoe, and it was so fun! We hit the slopes about 11:00 am and did several runs, finishing up about 4:30. The mountain was HUGE, beyond anything I could imagine. Luckily there were plenty of Green Circle runs for me to play on while Zach went off and did a few hard runs. We met up and skiid down to the base together where we had a drink and watched a band play at the little village area. Then we took the shuttle back to our hotel, the Resort at Squaw Creek. We took a quick dip in the hot tub then got dressed up for a delicous dinner. Very fun day. Yesterday we were both feeling very run down so we just took out time getting checked out and drove home. We laid around all day once we got home, I actually was feeling kind of sick and Zach is defintely sick with some throat/chest thing. I'm going to take him to the doctor in a bit, poor guy! Thankfully we were both feeling well for the day of skiing though and it was fantastic.

Here's my schedule for this week:

Monday: rest

Tuesday: 7 miles GA + Strides

Wednesday: 11 miles Medium Long

Thursday: rest/cross training

Friday: 5 miles Easy

Saturday: 16 miles Long

Sunday: rest/cross training

TOTAL scheduled: 39 again.