Shaggy Mountain Loop with the Newtons. I had decided to do hill sprints. This is a great loop to do them on, but tough...very tough.
I used the 2.5 miles up the canyon to warm-up. Then, I hit it. I tried anyway. Those hills are tough. I used the downhill as recovery and then every uphill would push. Ugh. I was tired and breathing hard. The downhill certainly isn't as good as the uphill :)
I would always sprint past George on the uphill then he'd catch me on the downhill. It felt good to push out the hills! But, I was tired. Hard work!
Once we reached the top of the hills, I decided a good tempo pace down would be a great finish. I was surprised how well I was able to keep my pace low and it didn't feel like I was dying! A lot easier than the hill sprints! :)
This is my fastest time for this loop! I'm not sure I'll ever beat it, but I'll try :)
TT: 1:08:27 AP: 8:24 splits: 9:04, 9:25, 9:28 (true warm-ups! The sad part...2 hill sprints in there too!), 9:00, 7:58, 8:20 (a difficult long hill I didn't sprint, then the last killer sprint! pleased with this split), 6:57, 7:13, 6:36 (last .16) - yes sir you read that right! 6:57 for a mile. You should know that this includes flat/uphill. The 7:13 was better downhill, but I obviously pushed that hill :) I love it!
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