Well, I did my first California run today, I think I am going to start earlier. It was 85 degrees by 9:30. I had a really steep downhill to start and then a slight up hill followed my a mile of slight down. Mile one 12:24 Mile two 14:57(two minute stretching after first mile.) At about 1.1 I turned onto Irishtown road to hit some more uphill(not that I am really into running uphill, I just wanted the uphill to be in the first half of the workout not the entire second half.) Then at 1.5 I hit the top of the hill and saw the downhill again. Oh BOOGERS! I exclaimed, so I turned left onto Spagnoli Mine Rd which appeared to be level, turns out it was also just a trick and low and behold, more hills. Mile three 12:07, had some decent down hill here and then only a few short steep uphill. Mile four 12:07, hey looking at these times, I'm impressed! SCORE! Not too bad of a slow down considering all of the inclines. I had a lot of slight uphill, with a really big hill up to my parents house.
Running here is hilly, but it is beautiful, there is a reason they call it Pine Grove. I also discovered the old cemetary I didn't know was here. I'll have to go check it out because some of them have to be over a hundred years old. Pine Grove was settled during the gold rush. It also smells good, when you aren't running along the main highway. On a training note, my breathing was still fast, but my lungs never burned or ached, is that because of the altitude? It's not really low here but is about 2600 ft . Day 1 of running partner...........................well he stayed in bed. I'll try my best tomorrow to get him out. I hope to show him up a little :)
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