The Bangtails didn't eat me

The week was pretty uneventful. I tried hard to get in power resting. On Thursday I was still feeling tired. I am assuming it was from Rapelje. It was also really hot this week. My run on Tuesday was hard, and I think a lot of it was the heat. 

Schedule - Not much going on. Nothing that I know of for work next week.  Looking forward to not having a race to prepare for this next weekend.
In general - my sister is living near Jackson Hole. She has some rides and runs mapped out for me and a lake to swim in. She wants me to come down. She is a firefighter so may not be around but I could stay at her place. Anyway, it might make a good long focused weekend on new roads and trails. I would like to go down sometime between now and the end of August.

Saturday- Up the earliest I have been for a race in a long time and got to see the sunrise for the second time in one week. I really enjoyed this day as a finale to my four weeks of racing. The past few weeks have been really fun, memorable, taught me a lot, and has hopefully although not seeming direct contributed to my race at Ironman Wisconsin.
Started the race out slow. Walked the steeper parts of the climb for the first 2:00 and then pushed the pace. At 2:30 I had just left the 2nd aid station. I think it was at mile 11.5 or so. Figured I would be happy to finish by 4:30. Rolled across 24.4 miles at 4:36.  I was in the back and didn't have an overall great "race" time but considering my longest run recently has been about 14 miles I was pretty happy with holding it together. It was hard to hold back on the early hills while lots of girls ran by. My legs are tired now though. Had to stop at work and shuffled in the door.

Wow, I could go on about the race. The Lupine were so abundant that the smell was almost nauseating. I have ridden that trail numerous times but it was great to be on foot and see some of the views a little more. The Bridgers, the Absarokas the Crazies, so beautiful. The trail was a little muddy from our recent rain and the puddles got annoying also the trail wasn't always smooth and was washed out making it super hard to get a good flat footing. I had to walk a few steps now and then and tell myself to stop being crabby.  My ankles and feet will be hurting. I have done the Ridge Run a couple of times and really thought this was harder. A lot more rolling, not the bombing as ascents and descents of the ridge.