BPA trail with Lisa and Anya. Ran to the bathroom and back before they got there, then the full trail with Anya (and Lisa for a little bit, she is looking adorable!) and then kept going after they left through some of the neighborhoods. Garmin got messed up after I stopped to chat with Anya so I probably lost about 0.4, so I just added that in and 4 minutes to the time. Did a mini speed workout after they left, did 12 strides of about 0.1 each. Didn't time them, but tried to keep them in the mid to upper 7's, which I think I did. I put the fastest time in parentheses for the strides miles. I was really tired by the end and legs felt dead, so I think it worked! Speedwork is so hard, but so rewarding to watch your recovery times during your run get faster faster (slowly move from a 10 minute mile to a 9!). TT: 1:18:29 AP: 9:12 Splits: 9:51, 9:30, 9:40, 9:46, 9:22 (6:36), 8:28 (6:26), 8:20 (6:49), 8:38 (6:53)
The hills at BPA felt hard today though, which made me realize I am probably NOT ready for the hills of Seattle RnR! I need to get a hill workout in before next Saturday! I've been kind of debating between doing 15 this weekend or doing a mini taper, and I think maybe I should only do 8-12 but do some of those huge hills by Justin's house a couple times.
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