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@ivegottheruns

I'm Michaela. Runner, personal trainer, And big fan of all things running and sometimes road biking when the mood strikes. I've been running for over 18 years with no end in sight! I call Colorado my home and can't get enough of this beautiful state. Gotta love that high altitude life. I blog about, my daily training, tips for my fellow runners, motivation and anything else that gets your endorphins flowing. Got training questions... or just any kind of question? Shoot me an ask!

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Can confirm. Still hate downhill running. The going up part still burns a bit more and you breathe a lot harder, but everything else hurts a lot less. I got to spend nearly four hours above 12K feet going up and down #americasmountain. Gotta love that altitude training.

#pikespeak #americasmountain #14ers #colorado running

It’s called hill repeats. Look it up.

1736 feet of elevation gain. 4.4 miles. 1:25:00 of running.

I felt kind of icky today, slightly sore throat and runny nose so I wasn’t pushing it too hard today.... haha which I realize this doesn’t look like I was taking anything easy but I swear I was! I kept my heart rate out of the red zone for most of my run and didn’t run up the steps, I just walked.

#pikespeakacsent #pikes peak ascent #pikes peak #running in colorado #training #hill repeats #stairs

venomtots

Real talk though has anyone else just thrown away a whole Tupperware container bc you left food in there for way too long and now you’re afraid to open it?

venomtots

All of you are so valid

A soggy jog with my dog.

5.2 miles of dirt and rain and still no desire to run on the treadmill. Treadmills suck. A little rain didn’t hurt anyone.

ruinedchildhood

Cross training is going swimmingly.... or bikingly????

Lots of elevation gain, average speed is up there and I only had to fight the wind a couple of times vs. most of my ride. Only ate one bug 👍🏼 🐝

#bikeMS #cycling #colorado #biking #elevation

hamtastrophe

So this is about two hours into #bombcyclone2019 and my dog is PUMPED. We went on a “walk” around the block and he just jumped around in snow drifts, rolled in snow and he couldn’t be any happier. My other dog off camera is in booties, a jacket and is probably miserable. We are pushing at least 12” so far... I know this might sound sarcastic but I really love snow and I wish Colorado got more.

I’ve also been drinking since 1 in the afternoon because I don’t have to go into work, I already worked out for an hour and a half and everyone knows vodka warms your soul. Ask literally any Russian.

#bombcyclone #colorado #blizzard

narwhal8008s

My Calves.

Are so sore I have to walk down stairs backwards.

This is from a workout I did on Thursday. It is now Sunday. I climbed a 200 step incline for an hour repeatedly.

#DOMS but like extra delayed.

#pikespeakacsent #running #training #ouch #colorado #ppa #pikes peak #trail running

It’s been nearly a month and a half since I signed up for this beast. What and also how? If you would have asked me even last year If I wanted to do this race I would have laughed in your face. Yet here we are............

Definitely won’t be getting those high altitude miles in until late May at the earliest but I think I can find a few good hills that will suffice.

#ppa #pikes peak ascent #colorado #running #high altitude #racing #14er #training #mountains

memescomedy

Getting those hills done. Still 8 months out but it’s never too late to get those elevation gainzzzz in.

This workout it pretty easy in comparison to what I’ll be doing later on... the elevation maxes out at only 6,500 feet. That’s basically sea level compared to 14,000 feet.

#pikespeakascent #pikes peak #running #hill training #elevation gains #going up