Today was supposed to be one of my favorite Texas workouts - hill repeats at Oakmont Park. There is a great hill that measures just over 1 mile up, climbing 150 feet and then you get 3/4 mile down. Annette picked me up way to early (4:45) and we headed over. We warmed up for a mile and the warm up felt much harder than it needed to be and I was feeling worse. I was dehydrated and nauseated but I was there and going to get it done. We did the first repeat and I ran it ahead and survived and stopped at the Quick Trip and bought a gatorade. The next two, I ended up staying behind Annette and pushed, not quite race effort pushed but when thinking about if I was pushing as hard as I could, it was close. We cooled down for a mile and ended up with a pretty progressive run and each repeat was faster than the previous. Glad it is done. Avg Pace 8:38
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