long, cold, rainy, dead legs run this morning! I tried a new route, which gave me a bit of excitement to get out and run. The first 3+ miles were all nice downhill, so I figured I could pick up some speed by the time I started feeling good. However, by mile 2 I was still dragging. Quads and calves were sore and I felt like they just didn't want to move. I considered turning early to make it just 5, but I stuck it out.... Finally about 3.5-4 I got a little relief in in my stride and felt better. It had been sprinkling all along, but nothing horrible...until I turned for the first part of my big uphill home. I was running into driving rain, a head wind and uphill. I think it motivated me to go faster and push harder, because it felt better than the downhill! Remember...going uphill, pick up the pace, running into the wind, pick up the pace. I finally was feeling like a runner, a crazy pregnant one out in the driving rain, but a runner none the less! :) The rain let up by the time I turned onto the hill of death, but it was still worse than the sprinkle at first. I felt a lot stronger up that hill than I have in a long time, and when I turned to cut home felt like my uphill miles were probably faster than the downhill ones! It wasn't so, but it's nice to feel that way at the end of seven miles! AP: 9:31 splits: 8:50, 8:58, 9:17, 9:47, 9:57, 10:15, 9:36 - funny, reverse progression run but I felt the complete opposite!! Now I'm off to the gym for body sculpting...resistance class, then I'll read on the bike for a while until it's time to head off to the doc's for Running Bear's checkup :) Oh, and YES! Ogden's a go this Saturday - Thanks Nan for the hookup!!! If anyone knows of one other person selling a 1/2 entry I know someone who'd be willing to take it.
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