Training Archive: Swisscheese

25% off road, 75% road 3:09:47 28.26 km (6:43 / km) +1400m 5:23 / km
ahr:102 max:155 shoes: Mizuno Harrier

Grand Canyon... second time in my life... and still amazing.
South Kaibab trail down, Phantom Ranch and Bright Angel trail up.
3 years ago, also in January, when I did it the first, it was a summer experience. This time was very different, on the rim (top) there were 4 feet of snow! Locals say they just had the third biggest snowstorm in history... and luckily we picked the first sunny day after this storm :-)

C • epic! 2

100% off trails 1:07:56 12.01 km (5:39 / km) +290m 5:03 / km
ahr:138 max:181 shoes: Mizuno Rider 12 II

Run through the desert and along Mead lake on our way out of Las Vegas... quite amazing size of a lake... or maybe just normal US standards?

50% off trails, 50% road 55:50 7.58 km (7:22 / km) +70m 7:02 / km
ahr:123 max:162 shoes: Mizuno Wave Aero 7

20 sprints in Williams, on our way to the Grand Canyon. Roads are a mess... deep winter. Only cleared road was the highway exit...
Finished the training with an intensiv leg strength exercice. "Ran" through knee deep snow to catch the best views of the sunset.

C • Only you... 6

100% trails and roads 20:00 [1] 3.66 km (5:28 / km)

We arrived in the middle of the night, in knee-waist high snow conditions on the Grand Canyon RV park. Everything seems deserted. Got out to find some infos to plan our next days trip. The main question: are the trails actually open?

100% trails and roads 1:46:05 10.8 km (9:49 / km) +500m 7:59 / km
ahr:141 max:174 shoes: Mizuno Wave Aero 7

3x15min interval. Physically not my day... but what a scenery.
We ran up and down the Red Rock Canyon just a couple miles west of Las Vegas.

50% off trails, 50% road 54:23 11.27 km (4:50 / km) +120m 4:35 / km
ahr:139 max:158 shoes: Mizuno Rider 12 II

Morning run before hitting the road... we still don't know where we shall go, though, bad weather all over the west coast.

C • back to tucson ;-) 2

100% trails and roads 1:28:18 15.61 km (5:39 / km)
ahr:110 max:148 shoes: Mizuno Rider 12 II

OK, Zion national park and Death Valley have to be crossed off our list. The roads leading there are partly closed, partly miserable. So we headed to Las Vegas.

Run through the beginning of the Las Vegas strip... Unfortunately we mainly followed the airport... not the best place to run. A bit annoying to stop at all the road crossing and to wait for the red light. When it started winding and pouring rain it was the summit of the anti-runners-high.

100% trails and roads 1:11:26 13.66 km (5:14 / km)
ahr:140 max:180 shoes: Mizuno Rider 12 II

Interval training along the beach of Santa Monica (Los Angeles). Heavy storm with pouring rain... not everyday you can do that in LA.
6x1.5min on the sandy beach
6x1.5min on the bike track along the beach.

100% trails and roads 42:46 9.23 km (4:38 / km)
ahr:140 max:180

On our way to Death Valley. "Tikka" headlamp run with Dani from our RV park. It is not everywhere where you can run such a gps track...

Strength workout, body we 15:00 [1]

Core strength.

100% trails and roads 41:29 7.79 km (5:19 / km)
ahr:124 max:158 shoes: Mizuno Wave Aero 7

Early morning jog in 29 Palms before heading for Los Angeles.

100% off trails 2:15:37 19.01 km (7:08 / km) +575m 6:12 / km
ahr:122 max:152 shoes: Mizuno Harrier

Joshua Tree national park. Amazing run in wonderland of stones. It felt like running in a gigantic playground.

C • sounds awesome! 4

C • Data/Map 2

100% trails and roads 56:33 12.25 km (4:37 / km) +245m 4:12 / km
ahr:140 max:154 shoes: Mizuno Rider 12 II

Special evening run: heavy rain storm in the desert.