It was another cool and beautiful morning for running along the Wasatch Front. Even though I was not looking forward to it (i.e., I’m still learning to embrace running hills), I did a hill workout today. I completed the 5.84-mile run up to the Mount Olympus Trailhead in a time of 55:14. This was by no means my fastest time for this run, but absolute a workout. On the way back down, I ran one lap of Oakridge Elementary track and one half of a lap around the Big Cottonwood Park softball complex. Also on the descent, I concentrated on picking up the pace a little bit by getting miles in at 6:56, 6:20, and 5:52. The total distance of this run was 12.5. This was also my second week (i.e., since I started running over four years ago, I measure my weeks from Monday through Sunday) of getting in at least 60 miles (completed 61.1 miles, my second highest weekly total ever--63.3 miles is my highest). So far, so go with the increase in mileage!
Today was also another repeat of day eleven (i.e., week 4, day 2) of the Push-up Challenge. This time, I completed a total of 130 push-ups over the following five sets that consisted of 25, 25, 25, 25, and 30 push-ups. In addition, I was able to sneak in 200 sit-ups while watching the Sunday morning news programs. | 