Start time: 08/22/06, 7:00pm
Location: Clarendon and the Custis Trail
Distance: 4.25 miles
Average pace: 9:25min/mile
Once more into the breach… and by breach, I mean HILLMANIA. Why do I keep running this route on Tuesday? Must be the stellar company. (Ok, that and since my long run route is pretty much hill-free, it’s my only chance to get some good hill work in.) Today seemed tougher than normal; it was only around 90 degrees so I’m not sure what the big deal was, but I pushed through as best as I could. Another 9:25min/mile average when it was all said and done. Somehow those hills always make it feel like I was trying to run it a minute or two per mile faster… phew. Still, not bad progress since I first hit this course, especially when I look at my average times:
May 23rd: 9:57
June 13th: 10:17
July 11th: 10:36
July 25th: 9:24
Aug 8th: 9:27
Aug 22nd: 9:25
Now I just need to start shaving off some time…
it was only around 90 degrees so I’m not sure what the big deal was
maybe it was too chilly for you…
It hit me this morning that I drank my entire water bottle, and on past runs on this course I still had some to spare. I’m suspecting a lack of proper hydration might’ve been in play…
You are right about that… I actually think that maybe why I have been running better this week is that I have been drinking more water than usual… huh.