I hopped out of bed this morning and immediately went for an early morning; that is, no more noontime workouts after yesterday’s run. Enjoying the sunrise, I ran the 5.8 miles up to the Mount Olympus trailhead, which is basically the top of 4500 South. I kept an easy pace going up (i.e., completed the ascent in a time of 58:58), but tried to kick it into gear going back down by covering the first 3.41 miles of the descent in a time of 20:15 (i.e., a 5:57 minute per mile pace). It absolutely takes practice to run downhill quickly without beating up your legs. After I got back home, I decided to tack on a few more miles by taking the long way over to Smith’s in order to pick up some groceries (i.e., going north then west to 700 East before heading to 4500 South and back tracking to the store). Plus, running back from the store with a gallon of milk is always a good workout for the arms. The total distance of my running for today was 14.4 miles.
It was another short workout in regards to my non-running exercises in that I only completed 200 sit-ups and 28 push-ups. | 