Nice cool morning for a workout, but I had a hard time getting my bones out of bed and out the door. I think the biggest reason I had such a hard time getting going was because I knew it was going to hurt! I did the same up and downhill tempo run as last week. I was hoping to do it a bit faster than last week, just so I could show some progress. I ran over on the Island and up the Center Street hill, just over 3 miles, then started my tempo. I ran up to Dry Canyon in 7:11, I thought I was going to die! I tried to really push it up that long hill without going anaerobic, and it hurt. The down hill I really hammered out too. The mile down Mountain Road and Center Street was 4:49, a second slower than last week. The stretch just over 1/10 of a mile was :24, I was flying! My last mile I kicked it down hard in the last stretch to break 5:00, (4:59). I was trashed after my tempo, but a half mile into my cool-down home I felt good again. I added another 1/4 mile at the end of my run to make it 9.5 miles. I was happy to break 5:00 in both downhill miles. I could never break 5:15 in the last mile last year, and I did that mile solo, not in a 5k tempo run. I was the most pleased with my 7:11 mile up Center Street and Mountain Road. It sounds slow but it is a toughy of a mile up that mountain. Good run for me today, 17:23 for a 5K in a training run gives me some confidence going into the summer. I might not be running sub 5:00 on a flat course for 2/3s of the race, but I sure as heck wouldn't run 7:11 for my first mile either. 1:06:46 total time.
(Adrenaline-211 miles) | 