This is probably more exciting to me than anyone else but I got a new pr on the Elden Lookout Road of up and down in 1 hr 22 minutes. Last year, and even this winter, I thought that it would be a big personal stepping stone in my speed if I could run it in less than an hour and a half. As it turns out it wasn't that hard. It was difficult to run it in under 1 hr and 45 minutes this winter in the snow and I only reached 1 hr and 35 minutes once. I guess it made a big difference to run it in good weather and dry, clear road conditions. I felt like I was moving well all the way up and reached the top in 52 minutes (all winter I was averaging 1 hr and 5 to 15 minutes to the top). On the way down I really let go and made it down in 30 minutes (not that much faster than usual but still moving). The area that time can really be improved is going up hill. The road is steep enough that it is hard for me to run down it much faster but I can continue to make improvements going up. I'm still not going that fast uphill. Warming up a bit will help for a faster time too. I haven't been warming up before runs up Elden Lookout Road as I don't usually go fast enough to really need one but I think if I want to go faster I should get my lungs and legs going a bit so I'm not sucking so much wind in the first part of the uphill.
Enough rambling...
I'm pretty excited about the time as it means I am continuing to improve in my running and have the ability to go faster but I know that there are many runners in this town that would crush a time like this. I'm not, for a moment, thinking I am doing something important in the running world but in my little world I'm pretty psyched!
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