Tuesday: a group run around St Albert. A lot of it was through trails that I haven't seen since winter! How refreshing to be able to run up some of those steeper sections without having to use the handrail to prevent from sliding backwards on the ice! We even got to do some single track, which was a refreshing reminder of why I used to love running trails so much. Any runner who has done both will be able to tell you that there IS a difference between running on the pavement and running on single track...even the muscles you use in your legs feel different.
It was really nice to run with the group again. I've been missing that aspect with all my long, lonely runs!
Total distance: 6.84km
Total time: 40.31min
Average pace: 5.56min/km
Average heart rate: 154bpm (79%)
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Wednesday: speed work. But not just any speed work. We did speedwork up hills. As in, hill repeats. I was not happy. I think the others thought all my grumbling was a joke, because normally I adore hills. I really, honestly do! But with our weeks of hills behind us, I had really been pumped up to do speed work tonight, and changing that up to do hills was wretchedly disappointing for me. Especially when I had to make extra special effort to get there, and had a back up plan in case I didn't make it. Had I known what we were in for, I would have done my back-up plan instead. Maybe. Probably. I forced myself up that big, steep hill*. And then I forced myself up it 5 more times. I admit, by the 4th repeat I started walking up the last section. What can I say? I hadn't eaten since lunch and was low on energy. And the top section of that hill was very, very steep indeed!
*a much different beast than "Hospital Hill" that we had I've been running for all of 2018! This hill is the same height over half the distance...so, much steeper. And on grass, rather than sidewalk.
Total distance: 4.61km
Total time: 37.28min
Average pace: 8.08min/km
Average heart rate: 146bpm (75%)
Maximum heart rate: 183bpm (94%)
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