I had planned to day to do 3x1 mile hill repeats. We have a hill near by that the elevation is similar to that in the hill at mile 18 at TOU. It measures 1 mile long and has an elevation gain of 332 ft. I ran the 1.3 warm up and then began the repeats. The first one wasn't to bad, there wasn't a lot of traffic and it was still dark. During the second one the traffic picked up significantly and it created a pretty good head wind. At this point my legs were feeling really tired so I decided to forgo the third repeat and just finish with easy miles, so that I would not completely trash my legs for Hobblecreek. On my recovery back down the hill, I knew that if I did not do the third repeat, I would be pretty angry at myself the rest of the day and the guilt would set in. So I decided to do the third repeat but not focus on the time as much as the completion. The third was tough, because the wind (from the traffic) had picked up but I focused on just making it to the top. My splits were: 8:53 8:50 8:47 - YEAH! I am so glad that I stuck with it and finished - lesson learned! Ave Pace 8:55 Happy Running!
I finally got around to starting a family blog - I know I am way behind the times :) It is pretty basic but I am going back and adding our summer to it. So far I just posted my India trip. The link is hintonsheadlines.blogspot.com
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