With SGM coming up next week I haven't done any up or downhill running. I was a little worried about my ITB problem since running downhill is always much harder on it. I started by running the 1 mile out to the big mile long highway hill near my house in 8:14. Then down: 7:07 up: 8:35 down: 6:46 up: 8:30 down: 6:34 up: 8:21 then the mile home in 7:07. Most of the mile is a 6% grade so the uphill miles were a harder effort than the downhills. I took a short rest at the bottom each time. My knee [IT Band] did fine but I was way tired the last 2 miles. I can tell how out of shape I am. 7:39 pace overall for all 8.
PM 3 hours of hiking out hunting. ITB got slightly sore a couple of times on some downhill.
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