Today was a good run. We started at 5:40 today, instead of after 6:00, so that made a big difference. I ran with my husband, two other people training for St. George who are a little faster than me, and a 1:26 half marathoner. We were also running a new route, so I knew I had to keep up. The first 3.75 were flat miles on our normal long run route. Then we did about 4-5 miles of hills.
It was beautiful where we went! We ran up into Paradise Valley, past amazing houses with killer views of the city. It almost took my mind off the pain. We got some good downhills too, but not a lot of sustained downhills. There was no water there, but it was shady.
It got pretty hot as we got back on the canal (no more shade!), but somehow I was able to speed up. My average pace was 9:52. There was just as much uphill as downhill, so they basically cancelled each other out. I'm pretty happy with my overall pace, especially given all the hills.
I'm going to post my splits ONLY to show the gains and losses on the hills: 9:40, 9:53, 9:47, 10:03 (unexplained slowdown, no hills yet), 10:08.5 (uphill), 10:16 (BIG uphill and some downhill), 10:03 (big uphill and some downhill), 9:38 (heading back down), 9:56 (flat again), 9:58, 9:45, 10:00 (slight uphill and HUMID by the golf courses), 9:33, 9:15 pace for last .5 mile.
I am now going to attempt my first ice bath. I hope I live to tell about it. |