Time: 66:49
Distance: 10.35 miles
Pace: 6:28
Map
I finished up my running in California with a final run in Palm Springs following the same loop that Meagan and I did on her marathon simulation. I kept the pace pretty easy but picked things up the last couple of miles. The legs were feeling good by the time I crested the top of the hill near the 6 mile mark. My last 8 half-mile splits were: 3:07, 3:04, 2:56, 2:52, 2:55, 2:59, 2:51, 2:59.
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Sunny Palm Springs
Time: 61:55
Distance: 10.02 miles
Pace: 6:11
I got up and went out for a run in the flats of Palm Springs. I made a quick tour through some familiar areas before heading down to the busier part of town where my dad was getting his hair cut. I get a good laugh every time I hear the barber/stylist/hair dresser's name which is Brian O'Brien. Hah!
After a quick stop in to bug my dad I ventured out and made a spin around Ruth Hardy park. I was surprised at how good my legs were feeling and the pace was continually getting faster. My splits for the entire run were 7:01, 6:41, 6:26, 6:16, 6:12, 6:11, 6:08, 5:45, 5:31, 5:32. I was pleased with the way I felt the final 4 miles and how I responded to the change in pace. I hadn't intentionally set out to pick up the pace so drastically but I went with the flow of the run.
Distance: 10.02 miles
Pace: 6:11
I got up and went out for a run in the flats of Palm Springs. I made a quick tour through some familiar areas before heading down to the busier part of town where my dad was getting his hair cut. I get a good laugh every time I hear the barber/stylist/hair dresser's name which is Brian O'Brien. Hah!
A view of Palm Springs and the mountains to the west.
After a quick stop in to bug my dad I ventured out and made a spin around Ruth Hardy park. I was surprised at how good my legs were feeling and the pace was continually getting faster. My splits for the entire run were 7:01, 6:41, 6:26, 6:16, 6:12, 6:11, 6:08, 5:45, 5:31, 5:32. I was pleased with the way I felt the final 4 miles and how I responded to the change in pace. I hadn't intentionally set out to pick up the pace so drastically but I went with the flow of the run.
Monday, December 31, 2007
The Return to Palm Springs
Time: 57:32
Distance: 9 miles?
Went out on a run that started pretty brisk. The weather was so nice that my legs seemed to want to run fast. However, the rest of my respiratory system didn't. I didn't have a great run that didn't have any particular direction. I started in the neighborhood just south of my dad's place. Then I ran along Sunrise and ended up at Ruth Hardy park before returning on Palm Canyon Dr. I was really lagging about the time I hit the park, but I was able to pick it up along the main section of Palm Canyon. You know, I had to impress all the old folks with my blazing speed. After passing the main section of the strip, I started to feel shitty again. I didn't sleep great last night and I still have this lingering cold. I would have liked to not have run, but as I told Jilane, "you can't not run on the last day of the year or the first day of the year." However, on Jan. 1 of 2007 I didn't run. I was at the Rose Bowl and thought that if I sacrificed the first day of the year, I would have a healthy year. I was wrong and got that achilles injury in late April, early May.
Distance: 9 miles?
Went out on a run that started pretty brisk. The weather was so nice that my legs seemed to want to run fast. However, the rest of my respiratory system didn't. I didn't have a great run that didn't have any particular direction. I started in the neighborhood just south of my dad's place. Then I ran along Sunrise and ended up at Ruth Hardy park before returning on Palm Canyon Dr. I was really lagging about the time I hit the park, but I was able to pick it up along the main section of Palm Canyon. You know, I had to impress all the old folks with my blazing speed. After passing the main section of the strip, I started to feel shitty again. I didn't sleep great last night and I still have this lingering cold. I would have liked to not have run, but as I told Jilane, "you can't not run on the last day of the year or the first day of the year." However, on Jan. 1 of 2007 I didn't run. I was at the Rose Bowl and thought that if I sacrificed the first day of the year, I would have a healthy year. I was wrong and got that achilles injury in late April, early May.
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