RUN Week 11, Saturday 1/21 - Run January 21, 2006
Posted by Amber D. Evans in : Running, Blacksburg VA, Training Stats , add a comment"It was kinda' a short forever, if that's possible."
Context
City, State: Blacksburg, VA.
Location: City.
Course: 12-mile Adventure [map].
Terrain: Hilly; paved.
Distance and/or Time: 13.02 miles, 02:56:21.
Speed and/or RPE: 13:02/mi; 5.3 mph; 6 (somewhat harder)
HRR: 154-174 (Aerobic High).
HR(avg.): 160 bpm
Saturday, January 21, 2006
The Run
- 7:44 Minutes - Warm-up: 1% grade; 0.5 miles; 7:44 minutes at <5.0 mph.
- Walking from Home to Patrick Henry.
- 134:43 Minutes - Steady RPE 0-2% grade; all minutes between 155-174 bpm; average pace between 9:59/mi-13:05/mi; .
- 33:54 Minutes - Cooldown: 0-1% grade; 1.03 miles; 33:54 minutes at <5.0 mph.
- Walking from Trailhed to Home.
Warm-up
Main
Cooldown
Synopsis
- Upshot: Despite having 4 days off this week, and battling a slight hangover and the beginnings of a migrane, I still got my a$$ in gear.
- Downside: Longest run I've ever experienced.
- What I'm most proud of: Longest distance to date!
- What I would do differently: Bring a map and/or scout a general route before heading out.
Overall
It was kinda' a short forever, if that's possible. It's strange to think that three miles is super short. It's weirder to me that I think of 6 miles as a normal short run. I'm blown away when I think about the fact that I ran 6 miles out in one direction knowing full well that I'll have to run that same distance back.
Although it takes nearly three hours of my life (warm-up/cooldown included), it goes by fairly quickly. Ahhhh … running. It's the hills, though, that get me down sometimes. I crawl up the hills. I actually walk the hills faster than I can run them. On the flats … that's my redemption. I'm still not fast, but I'm fast for me on the flats. I'm averaging 9:00/mile. Big improvement from the former 11:30/mile. I like it.
Just like I liked today, despite feeling sick all this morning. I finally ran out of house chores to do and had no other excuse except to go. So, I thought about mapping out a course, but then figured it would take too long to boot up my computer (and I'd lose motivation to go), so I grabbed my charged Garmin Forerunner 201 and decided on an “Adventure Run” where I just go, go, go and end up somewhere unknown and new to me. Sometimes, those are just the best. It fulfills my travel bug to some extent.
I ended up running out Glade Road. It goes somewhere, although I'm still not sure where. It turns into a highway, I think, or at least another country road, because that's where the sidewalk ends. I kept running and found myself at some 166 acres of wildlife park/reserve. I ran around that for a while. I eventually came back and simply completed the loop towards home via the Huckleberry as I was tired of hills and soggy grass all around. It was a good run. I'm going to enjoy hot food and a movie tonight!