6.5 miles today at 5am. Weather=75F, 79% humidity, dark. (11:10, 9:25, 7:50, 8:30, 8:09, 7:26 pace for 1/2 mile, 10:10)
Had a hard time waking up this morning at 4:30am. Felt dehydrated and run down. I skipped my cafeine and decided to take it slow today. Mile 1 to meet Tim was 11:10. Tim was slightly late. He looked tired too. He said he was at the Ranger game until midnight and he had some beers while at the game.
At this point I suggested that we do a hilly route 6 miles today. Not meet tomorrow so I can get some extra sleep (Tim doesn't take days off so he'll probably still run) and meet at 4:45am on Thursday for a 10 miler.
So we started out on the run and the first mile together was mostly downhill - 9:25. Then we turn to this street that is 7/10th of a mile long and is all uphill, the steepest part being the last 200 yards or so. 7:50 for that mile. My legs are jello now. Also, I left my water at the corner and we're not going back that way... darn.
Next mile has a big uphill and some rolling ups and downs. Tim wants to run fast and I am slowing him down. He's having to take wide turns to let me catch up. What happened to all that being tired talk this morning?! Ha! 8:30 for that mile. I think I'm dying and ask to take a little break to catch breath at the end of this one street. Then we start on the 5th mile and it's mostly uphill for the first half and downhill on the second half. 8:09 for that one. Only 1/2 mile to go to the corner where my water is... all downhill... 7:26 pace.
I'm wiped. Ran 10:10 pace on the way home. Good workout!
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