Yesterday I had planned with my husband to do a family run after work but it was so hot in the evening, ~90 degrees, that we decided to bail on that plan and let him get a little Daddy daughter time. I headed out for a solo run and given a decent amount of track workouts lately and the heat, I wanted to change it up so I ran for a neighborhood hill. 1.5 miles easy to the hill and when I got there decided to try to make it through 6 repeats, the hill about a quarter mile, to get me to ~5miles total workout. I charged up the hill on a street with beautiful homes, driving my legs forward motivated by the big race I've been working toward at the end of June. I could feel my legs tiring, getting stronger and once I crested the hill I jogged back down easy. After the last repeat I went over the back side of the hill to jog easy home.
I was interested to look back at when I had done a workout on this same hill in April to see if I had improved and by how much. When I got home I looked at my Garmin workouts to find the last workout, only 4 repeats over a minute/mile slower pace, I am making progress!!
Looks like summer weather is here which means finding a way to get out early or later but mid day runs will be getting a little steamy for stroller runs. Even more reason to get my daughters sleep schedule more regular, that's another topic...
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