Meanwhile back at the ranch, Old Nordic has paid his dues the last 18 months teachin' himself to run again without injury.
Like "Christine" in the Movie "Gone in 60 Seconds", Christine is an old beast of a war horse that refuses to succumb to the scrap heap.
Such as it was was for Old Nordic. Did he run and race Mountain Races this late summer and fall in a competent manner? Yes.
Did he do "soft" running intervals on trails? yes. Just he just ride the infamous White Rim Trail solo in 8 hours, naturlich.
But none of it mattered to Old Nordic if he couldn't step on the track and have a crack at some real time intervals where the clock and the track don't lie.
Such as was for Nordic Dave as he dug up a fiendish workout plan from yester year to roll out onto the newest and best outdoor track recently refinished in SLC. 16x 300 meters with a 100 meter jog was the work out. No room for posers in this work out.
Nordic succesfully completed the prescribed pain fest with elan but not much panache. His first track workout in many years. Track work outs can best be described as you can run but you can't hide.
Ski season is close at hand........"For those about to rock we salute you! "
