Hill Medley Redux
I posted on the PR messageboard that I wanted to run longish this morning and the only one who expressed any interest was KJ, who said he would run down to the Art Museum with me but couldn't commit to going much longer than that.
So I met up with him at 7:55 and the two of us, with Silas always in front, headed down to the AM. I brought my iPod in case noone was waiting for us there. Of course, bringing the iPod ensures that people will be there, and sure enough Steve K, Jim M, and the pregnant lady were there waiting for us. We took a route that SK and I had done together last year which I refer to as the hill medley. It includes most of the larger hills in the area, none of which will individually break you but taken together did a pretty good job on my legs this time around. KJ left us at Girard Ave, we lost the pregnant lady after a pitstop on MLK, and Jim took Kelly Drive back to the AM, so in the end it was again SK and I finishing it up.
Its fun to check back on my writeups of loops done awhile ago, where me and SK were in a decidedly different frame of mind. Where we set out to do them in 6:50 pace last year, this year we were just happy to finish. Last year we did this turkey in 91:03, this year we plodded through it in 106:59. SK hasn't been running regularly and I shredded my legs a bit more than I wanted with yesterdays workout, so each of us was happy just to finish. I told SK I'd post the course link on this entry (see above) as well as the distance, which was 13.1 miles.
SK bid me adieu at the Art Museum and I headed home. At this point I finally got to use my iPod and I don't know if it was the GU I belatedly took or the New Pornographers that gave me the kick I needed to make it through the last 3 miles home. Total mileage, with the out and back to the Art Museum, I'm calling at (as always, conservatively) 18.5 miles.
This gets me in fighting form to defend my half championship in the Guerrilla 5k, the second running of which will be held tomorrow. Its a hard race to explain to those of you not in the know, and for those of you in this category I will refer you to my lbrr of last years maiden voyage. The course will be completely different than last year's, starting and finishing at the Civil War Memorial, something that I had suggested as I always wanted to finish under what is, for me, the most triumphal spot in Philadelphia. The rest of the course won't matter, and the only point of suspense will be whether it will be shorter or longer than 5k. More on it tomorrow.
So I met up with him at 7:55 and the two of us, with Silas always in front, headed down to the AM. I brought my iPod in case noone was waiting for us there. Of course, bringing the iPod ensures that people will be there, and sure enough Steve K, Jim M, and the pregnant lady were there waiting for us. We took a route that SK and I had done together last year which I refer to as the hill medley. It includes most of the larger hills in the area, none of which will individually break you but taken together did a pretty good job on my legs this time around. KJ left us at Girard Ave, we lost the pregnant lady after a pitstop on MLK, and Jim took Kelly Drive back to the AM, so in the end it was again SK and I finishing it up.
Its fun to check back on my writeups of loops done awhile ago, where me and SK were in a decidedly different frame of mind. Where we set out to do them in 6:50 pace last year, this year we were just happy to finish. Last year we did this turkey in 91:03, this year we plodded through it in 106:59. SK hasn't been running regularly and I shredded my legs a bit more than I wanted with yesterdays workout, so each of us was happy just to finish. I told SK I'd post the course link on this entry (see above) as well as the distance, which was 13.1 miles.
SK bid me adieu at the Art Museum and I headed home. At this point I finally got to use my iPod and I don't know if it was the GU I belatedly took or the New Pornographers that gave me the kick I needed to make it through the last 3 miles home. Total mileage, with the out and back to the Art Museum, I'm calling at (as always, conservatively) 18.5 miles.
This gets me in fighting form to defend my half championship in the Guerrilla 5k, the second running of which will be held tomorrow. Its a hard race to explain to those of you not in the know, and for those of you in this category I will refer you to my lbrr of last years maiden voyage. The course will be completely different than last year's, starting and finishing at the Civil War Memorial, something that I had suggested as I always wanted to finish under what is, for me, the most triumphal spot in Philadelphia. The rest of the course won't matter, and the only point of suspense will be whether it will be shorter or longer than 5k. More on it tomorrow.
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