Last long run before the relay that starts Friday night at 6:00 PM. I will not run til about 02:00 AM on Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny day with temps about 50-52 at 8:00 AM. Ran a 3.3 mile warm up at 9:00/ mile pace.
Then met up with the group for the planned 8 mile Green Lake run. It turned out we ended up at 4.3 miles at the turnaround and did this at a 9:00/ mile pace as well but it included at least ten significant hills. Turned around and ran back, and as a side note I have a great deal more respect for all those stroller runners. I took my turn with the stroller for the biggest hill and a total of a little over a mile. I was worn out! It was of course harder to run up hills but it was really hard running down as well. It was ok on the flats but this course had little of that. So all you folks looking for better training ideas...... push a stroller. Ended the group run at 8.6 (12.3 for me) miles and then ran a slow cooldown for the last 3.35 with one other person.
She is a steady runner but does not push much for speed. I did the old very slow but steady increase in speed to see if she would follow. Ended up she finished the 15.65 going at least 30 seconds/mile faster than she thought she could. We are all looking forward to the race.
Another 1.35 miles in the evening just to loosen up. Felt good to move. I am looking forward to running in the middle of the night during the relay. It is a great time running from Skagway Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon Territories. !46 teams, near zero population it is a great time.
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