6 mile Gun Club tempo during my lunch break. This is a pretty good workout, with two good solid miles climbing up the La Verkin Twist. I really didn't want to do this workout in the heat of the day, but once I took off I just decided to do my best and get it over with. My previous best time had been 22:54 going up for the 3 miles, today I hit 21:55 (7:18 average) so I was pretty happy about that. A full minute faster! I stopped at the top for three minutes, stretched took off the shirt, then headed back down. I knew this was going to hurt a little trying to run downhill fast, (something I struggle with). Anyway, I made it home in 17:35 (5:51 average), 21 seconds slower than my all time PR, but still a very good effort especially in the heat compared to last time I ran this in the early morning. I'm still concerned with my hip as it seems to bothering me more when I increase the speed and intensity of my training. It seems like I've had this nagging hip pain on and off throughout my entire running career. Hopefully, it isn't anything to big. When I got home, I got on the scale and weighed in at 139 so I'm dropping the weight. I won't be at the club run tonight, but I'm looking forward to doing another long run on Saturday. I actually wouldn't mind doing the marathon course one more time except not starting up so far and running all the way to the park, but if you guys want to do something else I'm also game for that. |