Come On and Get High

What a mess I was this morning.

This morning I decided I was going to run the treadmill this morning. On this trip, I brought 2 pairs of shorts and 1 pair of tights in case I was brave enough to head out in the morning. I wore one pair of shorts in the park yesterday and gave them a quick sink wash last night (you do what you have to). They were still wet so I reached for my second pair. There was no second pair. I had forgotten to pack them. I was pissed with myself.

Poor packing dictated that I would be doing an outside run this morning. I pouted for about 3 minutes and then pulled on my tights. I brought 2 long sleeve shirts. One I wore yesterday evening for part of my run. I decided to wear the other one. Do you see where this is going? I did pack the second shirt, and as I started to put it on, I noticed it had thumb holes. THUMB HOLES! Yes, I had packed my wife's shirt. Grrrr. It was that kind of morning.

I finally got dressed and headed out towards the LDS temple. BTW, I am in Salt Lake City if I didn't already mention that. I was so slow. I managed to make it to the temple which was about a mile from the hotel. Wow, it looked amazing. It was still dark and they had it all lit up; it was gorgeous. No comments about the religion, but the architecture was beautiful.

After cruising around looking at other LDS building I headed back to the hotel. Again, super slow. But wait! A thought hit me. I just might be able to find an excuse for the 2 crappy runs: elevation! YES! It isn't me. It is the elevation!

Just to be sure, I looked it up when I got home. According to Wikipedia, Oklahoma City sits at 1,201 feet above sea level. Average elevation for Salt Lake City: 4,327. As you can see, it is not me SLC, it's you.

All of this elevation talk got me thinking. Maybe this will help me with my PR goal in this weekends 5K. What do you think? You see, i'm not just running in SLC this week. I am "high elevation training".