Ran with a good group today. A new guy from Tom's ward was with us for a while but dropped out without saying goodbye somewhere after 3 or so fartleks. Jamie, Ali, Amber and Tom were also out. We ran about 2.6 easy miles then did approximately 2 minute fartleks. I'll give splits where I got them. 1 - no split but ran about 1:50 downhill by Osmonds, then about 3:30 rest. 2 - corner of treeline to the top of hill #3, 2:41, .41 miles, 6:33 pace, then 3:35 rest 3 - 2 minutes, .34, 5:56 pace, flat portion, 2:02 rest 4 - 2 minutes, .37, 5:35 pace, flat portion, 2:08 rest 5 - 2 minutes, .34, 5:56 pace, flat portion, after #5 I jumped in the bushes for a vpb, and its the same place I have gotten a wet foot because you have to jump over a little stream type portion. I missed the water going into the bushes, but coming out I was thinking about trying to catch the group instead of trying to keep my shoes dry. Consequently I stepped squarely into the "stream" which was actually like boggy mud, I got mud halfway to my knee on one leg, and I fall and break my fall with my hands which didn't have gloves on because I was going to put them on as I caught up to my buddies. So I am now missing a dime sized piece of skin on my right hand now :( At least I didn't hit my knee and get a hole in my tights. That would have made me in a worse mood. I wanted to bag the workout at that point. There is nothing like a fall to make me want to cry and climb into my car. I caught up with the group just as they were starting up heartbreak for an uphill portion of the fartlek. 6 - 1:18, .18 up heartbreak hill, a pretty nasty steep hill, 7:27 pace, 2:53 rest 7 - fartlek down heartbreak, no time, but it was a 5:00 pace, because of steep downhill, that one felt good 8 - 2 minutes, .36, 5:41 pace, flat, 2:38 rest
9 - 2 minutes, .33, 6:02 pace, uphill toward Osborne's, 2:32 rest
10 - 2 minutes, .36, downhill, 5:41 pace We then cooled down for a couple of miles. I was really glad Jamie was with me when I tried to get into my car because the mud on my shoe had frozen and I couldn't get the key off my frozen mud encrusted shoelaces, but Jamie gave me a key that I used to pry the knot out of my shoelaces, so it turned out I was able to drive home in the end. Thanks Jamie! Asics (one of them got very muddy, but is all clean now) Ab workout in evening - I did the exercises Amber showed me on Saturday. They burned! Thanks Amber! I wish I could say that my motivation on the abs are purely for running, but I am going to Hawaii in January and want to get rid of the "I had three kids" gut, which I am not convinced is possible, but if an ab workout 4-5 days a week won't do it, I guess it will never happen.
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