2.5+ miles / 4.5 miles on hills

Monday, as mentioned previously, I ran on the beach. It was cold-ish and overcast and early in the morning. I was in Lincoln City, and I ran with my nephew, Max. My friend Jackie was going to run with us but she decided it was too cold and ran later. Probably a good thing since she would have been much faster than either me or Max.

We just ran for 15 minutes in one direction and then ran back to our starting point. Max needed to walk a bit, so we probably averaged a 10:30-11:00 pace. No biggie. I wanted an easy run and I got it.

Tonight, though, I ran a hard hill workout. One mile warmup and cooldown, then my normal ~400 meter uphill run in Sellwood Park. I did 5 intervals, and jogged back down the hill.

As I started on my third try up the hill, a lady in a truck blocked the entrance to the park and I had to detour around her. In spite of that I was faster than my previous time.

As I jogged back on my third try, a large group of runners showed up, led by a blonde woman in an orange Nike shirt just like the one I wore. They gathered around the water fountain. I stood in the street and waited for my breathing to calm down a bit before going back up.

In fact, I was a bit faster each time up the hill, so it was a successful training run. I just let my breathing work without trying to focus on it. Here are my splits for each time up the hill:

1. 02:25.0
   
2. 02:24.1
   
3. 02:15.3
   
4. 02:11.2
   
5. 02:09.7

Next run: I'll probably be running to work on Friday. I found out today that my boss is moving me to another worksite in two weeks, so I won't be working out of downtown anymore. So I want to make sure and enjoy it while I'm still there.