Tarzan Kicks Some Serious Butt Today was probably one of my toughest runs ever. I guess it would qualify as a tempo run. As I was sitting at work thinking of where I would run this afternoon, I decided I wanted to do a long downhill and remembered that 94th south from 1300 East was a nice downhill as it curved by the quarry. (I haven't been by there in about 6 years). So - in my mind, I thought, "I'll take a roundabout way up to the Sandy Ampitheater and then run down that hill." Uh huh - yep - that's all I thought. Mile 1: 11:39. Not bad for a warmup mile. The first half mile was flat, then it started into a gradual uphill and about .90 became a steep uphill. Mile 2: 11:28 I was so excited near the half mile mark because I hit 1300 East and thought it would be flat or downhill. No - Einstein. It continued going uphill after turning on the road. Mile 3: 9:42 - the uphills continued until I was at 2.6 miles and turned onto 9400 South. My eyes were burning from sweat, but the legs felt good. I was able to speed up a lot on the dowhill - but I can't say I enjoyed it too much - I was tired from all the uphills. And - surprise, surprise - I found a HUGE shopping center a mile from my house where the old quarry used to be. Mile 4: 11:04 - still able to push it. However, the long downhill wasn't as long as I remembered and became another uphill. I would have been faster if I hadn't had to run around a stoplight for 2 minutes before it changed. Last 3/4 mile: 8:00 Final time - 51:51
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