6.52 mi, 54:37, 8:22 avg, elev gain 363 feet, HR 144 bpm
Did not feel like running this morning and wasn't sure how far I'd end up running, but decided to run in the neighborhood (Westlake). I like starting at the neighborhood lowpoint which is just down the street and around the corner so I can run up slowly, it feels like an easier warm up than running downhill or flat.
Anyway, did one loop around the inside of the neighborhood, then ran to near the clubhouse for hill repeats up Sandy Hook. It's about a 1/4 mile (maybe just a little over). Ran up, paused a little bit, then ran back down. Initially, the downs were faster than the ups, but by the 5th time the up was faster (5th one up was fastest of any of the repeats).
Finished up with about a mile, long way back to the house.
Glad I did hills today, made the run go by faster and felt like progress.
In the evening, saw Sophia at her second track meet (middle school) running the 1600. She improved from 8:29 down to 8:13.
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