Last Red Rocks :(

Well, today was the last Red Rocks session of the summer, and I have to say, everyone that participated did one of the hardest workouts you can do in Colorado! A lot of people say they "Ran Red Rocks" but all they do is jog the length of the stairs and then step up to the next row. Bah, you can do that on your sidewalk with a couple of milkcrates. What we do, sprinting up the main stairs at full speed, is a true Red Rocks work-out and all of you should be proud of yourselves for doing so well at it.

Today, we threw a little curveball at the athletes, as we didn't do the famous "Jailbreaks". Instead, the girls and I walked all the way down to the lower road and ran up the long side stairs one at a time, hitting each stair. By about 1/3 of the way up, my thighs were burning! There must have been at least 250 stairs, I lost count early. It was a pretty brutal exercise and everyone was glad we did it only on the last session. Maybe next summer I will make it a regular thing.

We didn't have a lot of turn-out this morning, but here are the stats of who did make it. The girls all set some new female total stairs records!

	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Set 6	Set 7	Total
MELANIE	10	20	30	40	50			150
KATELYN	10	20	30	40	50	50	50	250
KELLI	10	20	30	40	50	50	50	250
CAROLINE	10	20	30	40	50	50	50	250

We also talked about the new direction the WTAFC is going to take this fall. We decided that meeting at six p.m. on Thursday, before we do Thursday night intervals (and maybe some speedball!), would be the best idea. So, if you plan on running WTAFC this fall, please come by the track an hour earlier than normal.

Have a great rest of your day, enjoy your last few days before school starts!

SEP