This morning I convinced Larry to run the big hill course, a.k.a
water tank road. This has been our traditional Wednesday morning run
for years, but during the cold, dark, and snowy months of winter we
switched to a well lit flat course through north Orem. Larry was afraid
he might have to walk part of the steeper hills this first time. We
didn't push real hard, but we didn't walk any of the hill either. It
felt good getting up there again. We both enjoyed it. I think our
traditional Wednesday morning run is back, at least until it gets too
dark (at 5:45am) and snowy up there again. At
lunch time it was
great to run the Lake View course with Cory, Tom, and Nathan again.
After warming up getting over the freeway and into the neighborhood, we
ran 1.35 miles @ 7:52/mi to the turnaround. We then ran 0.52 miles @
7:44/mi. At the intersection where we turned south, I decided to push the pace to the stop sign
after the next left hand turn. I figured it was about 1 mile. Nathan
came with me. We ran 0.89 miles @ 6:30/mi. Tom (preparing for 5K race
Saturday) and Cory (injured) hung back but were'nt too far behind us. We ran the 1.1 miles back @ 8:01/mi. It felt good to run the hills this morning and then get in a little speed at lunch time. The recovering blisters bothered me a little, but not too much. I'm hoping that by continuing to run on them while they are healing, it will toughen them up (and me).
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