It was harder to get my running in this week. I was scheduled extra cycle classes at the gym. It is Spring Break, and those of us who are in town have to pitch in and help out those lucky instructors who are on vacation.
I managed to get 3 good quality runs in. Cynthia and I went for another weekend field trip early Saturday. We went to run in Las Sendas. We were searching for hills to practice on. We ran around the neighborhoods close to Red Mountain. We saw lots of other runners and bikers in the area. It seems to be a popular area for athletic endeavors. We passed one group of bikers, all men, wearing matching plaid shorts! It was so cute! And a group of bird watchers with their binoculars. They were pretty cute too. It was wonderful weather and there was a really nice smell in the air- Cynthia said "Like the desert after rain". I have a hard time identifying smells, but I liked whatever it was.
We got the hills we were hoping for. The kind of hills that dont look so much like hills when you are driving on them, but are definitely hills when you are running on them!
We lost our map very early in the run, but eventually found the really great loop that we wanted. We ended close to our car, with the 12 miles that we had planned to achieve. Cynthia gets to taper now- 2 weeks til her race- Yay!!!
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What Lindy so kindly leaves out is that the hills KILLED me! When we passed the birdwatchers (at about mile 10) I was about 60 feet behind her, struggling to catch up. I can't remember exactly what the first guy said but it was something like "you better hurry up!" (in a very good-natured way.) Then two or three of the others started cheering me on. It was cracking me up, but totally gave me a little adrenalin push. We got lost again about right there, but it turned out great because when we got back to the car we were right at 12 miles!
ReplyDeleteIt was a great run. I'm totally glad we've done some hills because I've learned that while they are really hard for me I recover well during the downhills and flats. For race day I think I can safely pick up my pace quite a bit more on the downs and just chug through the hills as best I can.
Two weeks from today is my race day!