Opted to not run this morning. Camping up here in the mountains means that when you go for a run it will be either uphill or down when you start and the opposite coming back to camp. My quads were feeling it from fridays adventures. Opted to get a good run in once back home in the evening. PM Strapped on the camel back and headed out at 7:00pm. Plan was to run a few miles around town and then up the canyon to the 10K start then get some good miles coming down. I figured this would give me at least 16 miles and the option of doing more. Legs were pretty sore from the start but i pushed it to the top of the canyon and hit the first 10 miles in 76 min and put some serious wear on the legs with this uphill stuff. I think my effort was harder going up the canyon coming down but on the way down i hit 6:19,6:03,6:03,6:25 legs(quads)were really hurting and i just shut things down and headed home. Even running the rest of the way home my quads kept hurting. I guess i did some serious damage these last few days. Funny how my quads never bothered me after Summer Games, Bryce, or Enterprise. I guess i finally ran enough steep hills to hammer them. I figure this is a good thing since all of my upcoming races are hilly. I think that i finally hit 60 miles in a week. It has been quite a while since i have done this. The plan is to keep training hard and try to keep my mileage up for another month.
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