OBJECTIVE
Dynamic stretching
1.5 mi. warm up
6 x 75 sec. hill repeats @ 5:50/mi. w/2 min. active recovery
1.5 mi. cool down
ACHIEVED
2.83 mi. WU
6:42 / 7:13 / 6:52 / 6:54 / 7:00 / 7:28
2.65 mi. CD
8:06 PM 79° 77% 9 mph
Nothing went as planned for this run. I didn't know where I was going to find hills so I decided to wait until after work when I could go down to the bayou. Planned to go at 4:30 PM then come back to the office to take care of a project. Wouldn't you know someone drops by my office at about 4:15 for an impromptu meeting. Project starts at 6 pm (I've been at work since 7:45 AM). Project ends at 8 PM. I still haven't run yet .... arghhhh!
I skipped the "dynamic stretching" and headed out for the bayou. I figured I'd go over to the Shepherd bridge because that's the biggest hill I could think of. I knew it was going to be a bit farther to the bridge than the 1.5 mile warm up I was looking for but I just figured that would make up for the skipped stretching (I know, that's not how it works). It was farther than I remembered.
I sized up the hill from the bottom and choose the longest route I could see - a diagonal across the face of the hill (these are Houston hills people so don't imagine anything too drastic ... but there is a decent grade ....) I hit my watch and take off. I could tell I was too slow. At the top I checked my watch and still had about 30 seconds to go. Now what? I ran across the top trying to pick up the pace. The 75 seconds wrapped up and I was into my 2 minute recovery jog trying to figure out how to make these hills that were too short work. Long story, short. I ran the longest diagonal then came straight down and ran an long diagonal in the opposite direction. This isn't how this run was supposed to work out and I wasn't coming anywhere near my targeted time.
I finished it off and schlepped my way back to the parking garage at the office. It was about 9:30 PM. I still had to eat dinner and stopped at Chacho's drive-thru for a couple tacos on the way home.
My head hit the pillow at about 10:30 and I was asleep by 10:32. Obviously I need to find a better location to run this workout.
PRE RUN
water
POST RUN
SlimFast
Later, Chachos chicken fajita tacos - Mexico style (this was my reward for pounding the hills!)
1 comment:
Hi Cory! The hills you mention are about as good as it gets in Houston. You can cross sideways to make it longer, but that's about it. The next best option is a parking garage. The parking where we go on Thursdays is half a mile up and half a mile down. I have to comment on your pace though, the target seems a bit fast. My coach always used to tell me that it doesn't matter how fast you run up the hills, and also take it easy going down.
On a similar note I am about to leave for a stairs workout, 2x 55 floors up and down - In the Bank of America bldg. If you would like to join sometime let me know.
Finally, I am impressed that you still went running at 8pm. that's serious dedication!!
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