Friday:
AM: 4 miles, 7:30 pace.
PM: 7xhill with 5 uphill and 2 downhill repeats. 10.4 miles total, 0.4 miles per repeat. This was done in a cold biting wind, with windchill dipping into the teens. It was also at 8:30 at night after a long day at work. Despite everything, it was a solid run.
Saturday:
8 miles, easy pace. Once again, the weather was bitterly cold. Thankfully there was no wind, but once again, temperatures were in the lower teens.
Sunday: 8 mile race + 8 more miles, 16 total
First the race. I'm not doing a race report since there is not all that much to report. It was an 8 miler (oddball distance) at the Loch Raven Reservoir. It was the first race of the Baltimore Road Runner's Club grand prix series. It was an out and back course with 3 challenging hills. Temperatures at the start were about 13 degrees. It was so cold that in the 5 minutes I had to wait between warming up and the start of the race, my muscles cooled off.
There was only 1 mile marker, at mile 1. We went through in a rather pedestrian 6:22. I was neck and neck with one other runner, dropped the hammer at that point and never looked back. I ended up winning by over a minute. The guy who finished second was just getting over a cold and I fully expect a better fight out of him in future races! I ran a 47:23 overall for 5:55 pace on a cold and hilly course. In 2010, I ran a 51:14 and in 2009 I ran a 54:54, so there's some progress for you.
After the race, I recollected myself and went back out on the course again to get 16 total for the day. The last 8 were un-timed but felt good.
Total miles for the week: 74.
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