September 18, 2013
Hello folks, its Wednesday and I have only a few days left here in Brazil. I won't have another chance to run hills like this, so I am going to do it today. This is a bad idea, of course, as I am not feeling 100% recovered from my more intense runs these past few weeks and I am also not feeling all that great. I have heartburn from eating too much meat, chocolate, fried foods, ice cream and Zeus knows what else I have been stuffing down my pie hole these past few weeks. Add to that my allergies are kicking my ass. So, of course, I am going to do a difficult workout.
I'll regret this next week.
Here are my numbers:
Time: 30:00
I'll regret this next week.
Here are my numbers:
Time: 30:00
Distance: 2.87 miles
Pace: 10:27/m
Max Pace: 8:05/m
Calories: 250
Avg HR: 116
Max HR: 155
As I was running down my last hill, Honey and Derek found me and Derek ran with me for a couple of minutes at the end of my run, so I extended my run to 30 minutes so it would be my second run of the week at 30 minutes. As I have stated previously, I need to boost my daily run to 30 minutes a day starting in October and I normally slowly build to it.
I ran up a long hill, about .2 miles up and then down the other side. I did this twice, although the 2nd time, I ran back down the way I came since the way down the other side is straight down and really hard on my knees.
I used my GPS to try to get elevation and the grade of the hills, but the grade did not work. The elevation was slow, but it may be accurate. I started at 2,613 feet and the top of the hill was 2,753 feet.
Here are a few pictures that really don't capture the hell I endured. Enjoy!
As I was running down my last hill, Honey and Derek found me and Derek ran with me for a couple of minutes at the end of my run, so I extended my run to 30 minutes so it would be my second run of the week at 30 minutes. As I have stated previously, I need to boost my daily run to 30 minutes a day starting in October and I normally slowly build to it.
I ran up a long hill, about .2 miles up and then down the other side. I did this twice, although the 2nd time, I ran back down the way I came since the way down the other side is straight down and really hard on my knees.
I used my GPS to try to get elevation and the grade of the hills, but the grade did not work. The elevation was slow, but it may be accurate. I started at 2,613 feet and the top of the hill was 2,753 feet.
Here are a few pictures that really don't capture the hell I endured. Enjoy!
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| Bottom of the hill. It continues around the bend at the top of the picture. |
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| View from the top before the bend. It looks worse looking down! |
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| The rest of the hill after the bend. It only gets worse! |
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| The view from the top after the bend. This is the top! |
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| The way down on the other side. This is a knee killer! |
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