Gloves, long sleeves, & a head cold -- it must be fall! 15.2 mile tour of 4 cities, 7:16 pace. Salem + Harry's Hill + Climb up, up, up to Woodland hills + woodland hills canyon (lots of deer) + cross up and over into Elk Ridge + golf course round-a-bout extension with a drop into Payson + gallivant through the peach/apple orchards + cross back to Elk Ridge + drop back into Salem. Very hard and honest long run route that had amazing views! Mack & Amber joined us for the first hour which was awesome and made time fly by. Plus they had headlamps so that was a nice bonus! Started the tempo on an uphill at mile 8 7:00, 6:18, 6:24, 6:16, 6:21, 5:53.
No water, no fuel, no stopping -- I guess you could call it a depletion run...or just poor planning. If my watch was fancy and told me how much elevation we gained I'd brag about it....but it's not so trust me that it was an insanely hard course and I have no idea how we ran that 5:53 because the first half was uphill. When your hungry, want to be done, and am chasing after a mountain goat apparently you can run fast....
Jen is ready for the marathon and I am ready for a nap!
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