On Friday morning I was in California for work and ran ~5.4 miles outside. It was colder than I was expecting (largely due to the fact I started before sunrise), and the route consisted of an out-and-back on the long avenue my hotel was on. The interesting part of the run was the entire way out was pretty much straight uphill--the elevation increased 282 feet over the ~2.7 miles.
Given the fact I live in the Midwest and am currently doing most of my runs on the treadmill, needless to say it was a challenge. Not terrible, just challenging. Once I turned around and headed back I was FLYING the entire way--it literally felt effortless. So my running totals for last week consisted of four runs totaling just under 21.5 miles.
This afternoon I was originally planning to run five miles at 7:03 pace, but my legs and breathing felt so good I decided to stretch the workout to six miles. By the final mile I was definitely feeling it aerobically, but I think that was to be expected given the fact this was the longest, fastest treadmill run I have done in a long time (maybe forever)...
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