Spent ALL morning making Mad Plans for the next Day/Week/Month(s). It's intense sometimes! :D 12noon 3000yd swim. Short and fast intervals. Love short fast swims! Well, I was in the pool forever tho..met a fellow triathlete and we were talking about cycling routes, backpacking, longboarding..I think I turned into a prune I was in the pool for so long..haha. Skipped the 300yd warmdown, I had lost my edge. Went Long boarding with Tom when I finally got home from the pool (He was home sick.) We ended up riding in the neighborhood since we had no time to drive to Provo Canyon River Trail...Not as fun on streets..but was fun anyhow. It was mega windy and dusty out there, anyone in Utah County knows what I mean. Winds 20-30+mph with DUST. 
We spotted this snake here, and it was an aggressive little fella! We were a bit close tho..and he was surrounded so I don't blame him. Speaking of long boards...I found out mine was out of stock so I chose the same board basically but the "girly" one instead. I didn't want to wait 4 more weeks for the board. Need it for spring break! :D Pokaku Wahine: 
So it just got windier! At 5:30p.m. I wasn't sure how much energy I had in me for speed/hills. But the weather was exciting and I hoped it would rain/snow on me. No such luck, it was just dark and stormy looking and windy and cool. Still really magical feeling. Kinda like in Mary Poppins! I could imagine her flying down with her umbrella..haha. I had my hubby drop me off at the Provo Temple and I ran a loop around that 1.13miles for a warmup. Then I started my 1/2 mile hill repeats at the corner of 900E and N Temple Drive. Mapmyrun.com couldn't decide if it wanted the distance to have a 131ft or 141ft ascent. So I choose 141..haha. It is most steep half way and to the top. 
What I did was Ran hard to the top. Rested a minute, then ran hard to the bottom. When at the bottom I rested till I was fully recovered. up to 4min. I walked around in the grassy field there and played with my ipod. I was trying to remember numbers for my splits since I had no phone to type it in and my watch was simple..there are laps on it but I don't know how to use them. Luckily my hubby drove by...I was super thirsty..so I drank...I had a runny nose..so I blew...haha..Then I grabbed a pen and paper and carried that around for the rest of my workout so I could record precise numbers: Mile 1: Total up and down 6:27 Mile 2: Total 6:17 (1st Quarter mile down was a 1:10) Mile 3: 1:30/3:43/4:55 ( <---1st 3 Quarters) 6:21 Knew this was last set so I pushed it harder..well on the way down..haha. Up was a different story. Total Fatigue. Mile 4: 1:37/3:45/4:52/6:10 My 3rd quarter was a 1:07(4:28pace)...Had fun seeing if I could break 1:10. Was easy...could have hit it faster but was being safe. Admittedly it was downhill but my legs were still turning that fast.. Oh, one fun thing. I did my downhill segments on the grass, except for the last repeat. It was nice and cushy on my legs! Total distance with WU WD and Sets 6.5miles 45:04/6:56pace When I got home to shower I looked in the mirror and my eyelashes and eyebrows were dusted with white fine powder from the wind. Was odd looking. I was so MEGA hyper after this workout..I had to hit the weights. 9p.m I worked Chest and Arms. 11:30pm Stretched legs 30min Tomorrow (Thursday) I will be running VERY slow..and I knew I would be..so I went crazy on this run...Had a blast doing it!! Next is a heartrate run so I will be going grannie pace. O.o Here's another Snakey Pix for Burt: 
Eliza...she wasn't actually scared..she was playing it up for the camera. Oh, and it was dead.
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