I really wanted to race in the Farmington Days half marathon today. I went back and fourth between the 10k and half all week. When it came down to it, I realized it would have been more stress trying to find a sitter that early in the morning, and I could just run on my own. I also knew I needed to get some downhill miles in. I headed over to Gold's Gym after stopping down the street to watch a bike parade put on by the Primary in our ward.. Landon enjoyed running in the streets gathering candy. Then it started to rain really hard, so we packed up and continued our journey to the gym. The daycare was only open for a limited time so I tried to make the time count. My 15 miler was out the window. I had no plan other than to run as much as I could for the time allowed @ -3%. My ipod was dead and only infomercials were on. After 3.5 miles I was extremely bored. I thought about quitting and doing weights instead, but decided to throw a tempo in the mix to make the time go by. 5miles @6:40, 6:10, 6:10, 600, 6:30=31:30 I wanted to start and end at goal mp and the middle miles around goal hmp (aided). I turned up the speed at the end of those middle miles to get 18:50 for a 5k, (.1@12mph) then returned to mp for the remaining .90. I can tell I am making progress, the -3% grade really made this very doable without excessive effort. I hope I'm a little sore tomorrow, that means I worked some of those muscles for downhill prep:) I'm getting excited for Des News Half!
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