OK, so the idea was to conquer the Art City hill of doom today. Oooog. Started out with 1 mile jog to the track and 2x880 on the track, which is the finish line of the 5k, targeting 2:30. Got 2:29 and 2:32. Not bad, but something new - I got to the second lap of the 880 and instead of going into full respiratory distress it was like I just stopped getting more tired and could keep going and even push a little. Freaky. Love it.
Then I jogged 1.5 to the middle of the race, a quarter before the hill. Then I accelerated to race pace and turned left and pounded up the hill. I was to do this three times. The first one I hit 5:42 on the "flat" (really a bit uphill, and into a nasty wind) and dropped to 7:20 by the end of the fence. Then I got 5:51 and 7:25. On the third one I had to continue past the hill run back down on the upper road as fast as I could. I got 5:53 and 8:05 and it took a full minute to recover enough to get back under 7 and push again. That hill is nasty. I jogged towards home and found one more slightly less nasty hill, cresting it at 6:49. Then a slow jog that gradually went to 6 flat and back to 7 again to the house. So 2 880 and 4 660 with hills. I feel really good now.
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