Awesome long run on a trail off the parkway with the whole team! We had our cross country mountain weekend and all went up to stay at J-Rice's cabin for the weekend. "Hard Times Trail"...and the name doesn't lie. It went straight uphill for 15 minutes, then straight downhill for 15 minutes, then relatively flat for 15, and then we turned around and did the same thing coming back. Man those uphills were rough, and contrary to popular belief it was actually kind of difficult running downhill for so long too. But I worked hard on the uphill to just keep going no matter what (a lot of people were having to stop and take breaks), so I tried to stick with Anya. We killed it, and averaged 8:12, which is pretty insane considering the length of the uphill and the fact that downhill doesn't help as much as uphill hurts (just like how tailwind doesn't aid as much as headwind slows). Good run!
Also, 61 miles this week!!! I've only touched over 60 once before, but I feel fantastic. Sweet!
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