What a morning. I spent 30 min in bed trying to convince myself to go out and face the wind. I hate wind and it was blowing this morning. I met Saskia and we ran 2 together and she left to go nurse a sore IT Band. The plan was for hills on Dutch branch and Bryant Irvin - with this you are UP or DOWN and nothing in between. We always end up with this run when it is hilly and the biggest hill ends up being directly into the wind. I ran the out and felt okay, but I can tell I have not run enough hills. Hit the turn around and felt like I hit a brick wall. I ended up with two short walk breaks on the big hill into the wind and another on the last hill.....I was a wimp! The wind was tough, I missed dinner last night....excuses, excuses..... but I was a wimp. This route needs to be in the rotation every two - three weeks. Avg pace 8:53 - actually better than I expected.
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