AM: 3 miles. Freezing cold outside with much wind. PM: So cold...had to run this after class at about 9:30 pm. Ran out to the very start of Creek Road before the start line for the tempo where the hill is. Starting at the bridge, I ran up to the road after it levels off a bit. For those that don't know, this is about 300 meters of sharp rise, brief leveling off over old railroad tracks, another shorter sharp rise, then gradual incline to the "top". Every rep was about 98% effort with jog down for rest. I was really close to throwing up on my cool down, as I could feel lactic acid in every part of my body. I'd like to compare this to a few months back (see January 25th when I did 6 of these babies) but only ended up timing the 9th one (49 something) which was probably par for the course today. It was just too cold to run with an exposed wrist. : ) One difference was that the last time I did this, I wore road flats whereas today I wore old Kayanos. I do think that I'm getting fitter if not measurably faster. Just a comment about the blog: I'm loving the ad that has the wrinkled old looking woman on it who morphs into a younger, more attractive woman. The ad says something like "What's your 'REAL AGE'? Take the test." Wouldn't it be great if that same rule applied to your race times...
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