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Endurance Running, RV Travels

Running – Base Training Week 9, Day 1

13 January 2015

Today was cool and overcast; the forecast high temperature for today was 45°F, but it was only 41°F when I left home to go run. After a few minutes, I was not feeling the cool air at all and was enjoying the run. A couple of days rest made a real difference in the freshness of my legs.

Even from the beginning of today’s session, the only things on which I was focused were my running cadence and enjoying the run…except the Hilltop Ridge steep grade, I wasn’t enjoying the hill!

Looking up Hilltop Ridge Steep Grade - Near 1/3 Point
Looking up Hilltop Ridge Steep Grade – Near 1/3 Point
Looking up Hilltop Ridge Steep Grade - Near 1/2 Point
Looking up Hilltop Ridge Steep Grade – Near 1/2 Point
Looking up Hilltop Ridge Steep Grade - Near 2/3 Point
Looking up Hilltop Ridge Steep Grade – Near 2/3 Point
Looking up Hilltop Ridge Steep Grade - Near 3/4 Point
Looking up Hilltop Ridge Steep Grade – Near 3/4 Point [That’s not smoke or mist; it’s a temporarily fogged lens from my holding the camera]
Deer watching Runner - About Mile 2.5
Deer watching Runner – About Mile 1.5 (Training Run)

Endurance Running – Week 9 of 13 Weeks, Day 1 of 4 Days

The run was going well through Mile 2 of the training run (Mile 3, including the 1 mi WU); but, soon afterward, my right calf Continue reading Running – Base Training Week 9, Day 1 →