This week's speed workout will be at Boettcher Mansion Nature Center
in Genesee. Meet in the lot, in front of the nature center, at 6:00pm.

The Nature Center is at about 7,400', so it should be noticeably cooler than the
city.

Workout: This will be the same as last week's workout. Start with a
10-15 minute warm-up. You can do this on the trails either inside or
outside the Nature Center. Include one loop of the workout course in
the warm-up. The workout course will be a clockwise loop of the Meadow
Loop trail. I, Adam won't be there. Those of you who have done this before,
please show the course to the newer runners.

Start at the bottom of the trail, by the wood fence. Run hard,
following the trail as it curves right, back to the left, to where the
trail bends right and dips, just before climbing; a little over ¼ mi.
Jog easy up the hill, around the right curve, and the next left curve.
Go hard again before the next right curve, and continue hard to the
trail junction. Turn right and jog easy down the hill, right at the
next junction, and down to the wood fence. Start the loop going hard
again. Continue repeating the loops, going hard/easy for 25-30
minutes. Then, regroup at the upper junction and jog as a group back
to the cars.

Directions: Take I70 to the Lookout Mountain/Buffalo Bill exit, #256,
then follow large brown signs.
From Denver, take a right from the off ramp, then an immediate left on
the frontage road, US40.
Go ¾ mi to Lookout Mtn Rd, the 2nd street.
Turn right and go ~1.4mi
Turn left at Colorow and go ~1.2mi to the mansion.

From Golden and north: Take hwy 93 S to hwy 6 E, to Lookout Mtn
Rd/19th Street.
Turn right, W up the road. Follow the winding road ~5.5 miles up.
About ¼ mi after the road flattens out, just past the Buffalo Bill
museum, take the next right onto Colorow Rd.
Go ~3/4 mi to the mansion.

Links to trail maps:
http://jeffco.us/openspace/openspace_T56_R14.htm
http://jeffco.us/jeffco/openspace_uploads/windys.pdf
http://jeffco.us/boettcher/index.htm

These workouts are for runners of all abilities. (The only exception
is for beginning runners or those coming back after a long lay-off.
You should build a good base, with lower effort, and gradually longer
runs, before you start doing speed work.) The group stays in a compact
area (e.g., short loop or out-and-back), so no one will get left
behind. We run for time, not distance, so we'll start and finish
together. The route is designed typically with the hard efforts on
climbs and/or non-technical terrain; descents and rocky terrain will
be easy efforts. The purpose is to combine track-like speed workouts
with power training for hills.

The Tuesday workouts will continue as long as there is interest and
daylight.