It ain't Chinese algebra!

Easy run before we get on the road to SLC and then to Mexico for a week. Just wanted to get the legs moving before sitting for a few days.

Total Time: 30:00

Pace: 7:30

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For the next week, I'm on a cruise to Mexico!!!!  Lots of fun, but not the best for running.  Andrea get's mad at me when I complain about this fact.... :)

Obviously ran on the treadmill.  The entire run was at 4% incline with speeds down to 5:30 per mile.  Good workout.  Brand new shoes.  Good so far.

Total Time: 31:49

Pace: 6:22

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Treadmill on the cruise ship. Lots of hills around 7% and then speed around 6:00 minute miles. I hate treadmill runs. It gets so hot! If there isn't a fan blowing air on me, I'm sweating like a pig 5 minutes into the run. Also, with the rocking of the boat, treadmill runs are even more challenging. Oh well. Just a couple more and then it's back to land running....

Total Time: 30:30

Pace: 6:06

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Treadmill on the cruise ship. Good run, nothing to note about (like all treadmill runs).

Total Time: 31:40

Pace: 6:20

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Treadmill on the cruise ship. All 6 miles were above 4% incline, most around 8-10%. It was a very good run. Lost of uphill and pretty quick speed.  Last treadmill run for a while, or so I hope.

No time or pace info

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Cove hills for 8 miles. I want to get better at running hills so I'm going to try and work the cove into my running, possibly substituting it for speed/track days. Who knows? 
Anyway, 1 mile easy and then 6 miles of awesome hills. Was chased by a dog for a bit, but he didn't bite and eventually left. Dogs are worthless. The last mile I was done with hills and tried some speed, just to see how my body would handle it. I did a 5:38, so ok, but nothing flash. I'll get my wheels back soon.

Total Time: 53:00

Pace: 6:38

Cumulus 8 (orange)

Winter has finally arrived, about 6 weeks later than normal.  No complaints from me!  I finally had to bust out the gloves, beenie and Sporthill pants.  This was my first tempo run since the end of September.  Not fure if I should get a few more miles/weeks under my belt before picking up the pace.  If I want to have any speed in January then I'll have to start doing speed now.  Did 1 mile easy, then 5 mile tempo.  My legs felt a little strained.  I stretched a ton after the run and used the stick to loosen things up, but who knows.  Time would have been faster, but around 2.2 miles I walked and stretched the hamstrings to see if they would loosen up.  Didn't help my legs and it slowed me down by 20-30 seconds.

Tempo Time: 29:30

Pace: 5:54

Speedster

Pretty good run.  It was overcast, so the temps were a little higher than a few days ago.  Went with shorts and long-sleeve shirt.  Good choice.

Did the WalMart loop (4 miles) plus 1 on the frontage road (west), and back.  Miles 2-4 were uphill and into the wind, so 7-9 were downhill with no wind.  First 5 were ran in 33:03, last 5 were in 30:13, so a good negative split.  I felt good, relaxed. pace felt comfortable.  Longest run in nearly 2 months.  Around mile 9 my left hip started to bother me (same as a few weeks ago) and around 9.5 miles my right hamstring/butt area started to feel strained like on Wednesday.  Rest for a couple days and then go again Monday.  Happy with the workout.

Total Time: 1:03:16

Pace: 6:20

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