5:00 am 72 degrees 91% humidity - another nice morning! I have been wanting to repeat a workout I did early this summer for a while and this was the week. We have a road outside our subdivision that measures 1.13 miles and is pretty hilly. On the out direction you have a .15 steep climb then a gradual down hill for another .2. Then it is up hill until the last .2 which is a pretty steep down hill - and then you can return and it is just about as difficult both ways. One of my goals outside of the work out was to see how I compared to June's work out. I did not look at the splits before, I wanted to just run hard and see what the out come was. I warmed up for 2 miles and then stretched good. On the first out mile, I started out faster than I should have and I knew it right away. I tried to pace myself better but was not overly successful. On the repeat I felt good until the last climb - about .35 left and I almost puked, no good reason why. Headed back out and I was getting tired but it wasn't as bad as I had expected and then on the way back in for the last time my legs were on fire and I lost some focus. I felt like I was running in slow motion and I had a difficult time staying in the zone until the last .4 and was able to kick it back in. In no way will I look forward to this anytime soon, but it will be worth repeating. So here are the splits from June: Out splits (1&3) 8:45, 8:21 Back splits (2&4) 8:34, 8:01 and here are the splits from today: Out Splits (1 & 3) 8:18, 7:59 Back Splits ( 2 & 4) 8:13, 8:05 - pretty disappointed by this - should be faster than #3 The good thing is I have picked up some speed since June or pushed quite a bit harder - possibly a combination of both. Ave Pace 8:34 Happy Running!
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