9.25 Went out mid morning after studying(I was ready for a break). I wanted a good workout but didn't really want to do a continuous tempo. I did 4x1.25 mile repeats on ridge road/1100west. Ran .35 mile up ridge road from the north and then down the hill to 600 s. overpass then north on 1100 w. to center street and then up over the freeway to the bottom of ridge road to start another repeat. The loop is about 1.9 miles so after my 1.25 pushing it I would jog over to start another. It was a beast. I had my watch set to show me ave pace for the interval so when I got to the top of the hill my ave pace would be in the high7's or low 8's. Goal was to be hurting(and I was)at the top of the hill and then keep pushing on the down hill and then the last .25 was fairly flat. It was kind of cool to see my ave pace start dropping fast as I finished out each interval. 1st. mile 6:09, last .25 1:30 2nd. mile 6:27 last .25 1:28 3rd mile 6:37 last .25 1:22 4th mile 6:43 last .25 1:24
first mile times got slower as I was so trashed at the top of the hill. But the last .25 got better almost everytime. Now I remember why I don't do hill repeats very often. They are a killer.
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