The Hills: Palms Springs Edition

Time: 55:58
Distance: 8-9 miles

This morning I went to John and John's coffee shop called Koffi in order to pay a bill and fill out the past few days of training. I was close the old neighborhood and new of a hill that was close by. I warmed up for the workout by going 23:07 on the surrounding streets. I finished at the intersection by the base of the hill to lightly stretch. My quads were already pretty sore at the start of the warmup and I wasn't sure how they would respond during hills.

Target: 10 x hill @ a pace that can be maintained
Actual: 56.08, (1:22), 55.92, (1:20), 54.61, (1:21), 54.09, (1:22), 52.59, (1:25), 53.62, (1:21), 53.14, (1:23), 54.13, (1:23), 53.02, (1:22), 52.87, (1:21) for 22:45 total.

C/d 10:06 back to the car. Overall it was a solid workout. I would guess that the hill was around 250m long. Not totally sure though. I remember the hill being much steeper when I was younger. Today it was just a good hill, but nothing special. According to Gmap Pedometer this is the distance of the hill. You figure out how far .1674 miles is.

The legs felt alright. I felt strong through 5 and then started to lose my form on number 6. I wanted to make sure that I was striking properly so I backed off the pace and concentrated on turnover and form. The times were pretty even. I'll take it as a starting point. Maybe I will do this workout again when I'm back in the desert after the new year.