38 F with some wind. Nice and clear gorgeous morning after the sun came out. Decided after running about a mile and a half that I was starting to get too slow just running easy miles since the marathon 4.5 weeks ago. So where I normally turn around I went up ONE MILE HILL. OK it's not really called that but since it is almost exactly a mile from the bottom of the hill at Douglas on the Snoqualmie parkway to the top of the hill, that's what I call it. About 80% of the hill is definitely up and it's not an easy grade.
I decided to keep my pace the same as I had been running. My heart rate went up to 173 on the hill but I kept pace. Last time I tried to run the hill really hard I ended up screwing up my lower back so just a nice pace this time. Then at the bottom I ran the ridge trail that paralells Douglas St. to Carmichael which is about a mile and that kept the heart rate up in the 160 range. Then a .5 mile easy run with the wind at my back and red leaves flying off the trees(it was cool) and finished walking half a mile. That felt really good!! Forgot to add earlier that I saw Sean Sundwall driving while I was running. Usually it is just the reverse. He was probably down at the high school doing some speed work.I remember last fall our church(ward) was doing a service project one Sat. morning. Sean ran a tempo or speed run then ran 10 miles(20 total) to the house where we were working and then he worked about 3 hours raking leaves and grass etc.
Pace: 9:17 HR: 148 Calories: 900(that has to be low) according to garmin Shoes: Glycerin (my marathon shoes)
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