Terwiliger Blvd. - 6 miles

Ran up Terwilliger Blvd. tonight after work.

All day long I'd been looking forward to running. Today was a beautiful, almost summer-like day. Warm, blue sky, just a little bit of wind to take the edge off. I tried to spend as much time outside as possible during work hours.

I changed at the gym (Brooks, shorts, short-sleeved shirt, sunglasses) and headed out about 5 PM. Started running at Mill St. Tried not to worry about how slow I felt. Only had to walk once and stopped once on the way up for water at SW Hamilton and Terwilliger.

Time on the way up was 0:33:59 to the totem pole at The Charthouse, 2.97 miles per Google Earth, making my pace up about 11:26. Ugh. Slow. I did have to stop a couple of times at the bottom for traffic but not enough to make that a lot better. Still, it's a hard run, very steep.

I took a minute to walk until my breathing returned to normal, and I noticed that if I continued past The Charthouse there's a water fountain there. I'll keep that in mind for next time, but I really like the view from the totem pole so I'll probably keep it as my "finish line" for this run.

Time on the way down was 29:52 - pace wise making it a 10:03. Total time 1:03:51 for an average pace of 10:45. Did I mention the very steep hill? And the traffic? And the extra minute walking at the top? And the stopping twice to get water, once up and once down? And all the cute girls in shorts and running gear distracting me?

OK, maybe those girls didn't slow me down.

Tonight my legs are stiff and hard to move. I did stretch out a bit at the gym but I didn't spend much time at it - it was pretty perfunctory. I walked about a mile tonight; I got off the bus early and walked home, still wanting to enjoy the amazing spring weather.

Next up is a short run on Friday.