LM warmup (10 reps), 14 mile trail progression run in 1:48:34, 7:45/mi, HR 158, 2500' elevation change, 1.5 mile walk w/ dogs & stretching. Clouds gave way to sun for much of the run, warming things up nicely. Ran the 3 hills route, which is really 2 hills on an out and back with the turnaround at the top of hill #2. Anyway, the hills are steep and provide both the uphill practice I need, but more importantly the downhill practice I need more. Feel like I did better at not leaning back on the truly treacherous downhill, but legs were definitely being used to brake so that I didn't faceplant at a ridiculously out of control speed heading downhill. So the legs were wobbly by the last 6 miles of the run. I started pushing the pace on the return, or rather pushing the effort, which means the last hill was taken a bit more aggressively, which meant I was breathing harder but not going much faster. Anyway, the first and last miles were road miles and once I hit the final mile, I clocked a 6:39, which definitely counts as moderate. So my tired legs were beat up some more after yesterday's hill repeat workout. The beatings will continue until morale improves. | 