Ethel Avenue Hills

Today it was sunny and about 80 degrees! I ran repeats at my local "torture hill". Ethel Avenue raises almost 1 quarter mile into the sky. When running Ethel, sometimes I get almost halfway up the hill and think "this isn't so bad", but I am only fooling myself. By the time I am 70% up, the constant incline has me fried. The last 30 seconds are always a struggle. But that is what makes it a challenge and certainly what makes me a stronger runner. I love to hate that hill.

Repeats

1. 1:27
2. 1:28
3. 1:29
4. 1:29
5. 1:27

Total Run Time = 30:45

This was my last key workout for the Peanut Butter Duathlon. I haven't done any fast running to try and stay injury free. Today was the closest I will come to speed work before the race. I have been playing it safe. A slow, inury free runner is always quicker than a fast, injured runner.

Hill Running

This is one of the toughest workouts I do. Ethel Avenue hills. It takes me about 9 minutes from my house to run at a warmup pace to the bottum of Rockford's hardest and most steady hill (in my opinion). It is a great place for running hill repeats. At just under a quarter mile, it slowly punishes you. Hills like these certainly make for a stronger runner though.

Today I did 8 hill repeats @ 1:30. My max heart rate for each hill is listed below. On the way back down the hill, I run as slow as possible and let my HR recover to mid 130's befor starting another hill.

Hills

1. 184
2. 188
3. 190
4. 191
5. 192
6. 193
7. 193
8. 194

Total Running Time = 42:21

Total Running Distance = 5.11M

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