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February 13, 2005
Saturday Long Run- 2:56 +
Ran with my Larkspur friend. We met up at the Ross Commons parking lot. We ran a new loop. We ran (the first 2.5 miles on roads)out towards Sun Valley--up and over the United Hill--down 5th Avenue--behind Sun Valley elementary school--up the switchbacks--we then stayed on the ridge all the way to Loma Alta. This ridge running was very very nice (it was a beautiful clear sunny morning--we were out at 7:30 am)--however the ridge gradually climbs for miles--so it can be a Grind! Once we got to one of the tallest peaks--we went downhill for awhile and then began climbing up again via the cow pastures (w/cows all around us) until we hit the top of Loma Alta. This was a very challenging climb. By this point we had been running for 1 .5 hours and my legs were feeling tired from Friday's tempo run. I just took it easy , had half of Luna Bar, and by the time we were descending down into North Fairfax I was feeling better. We ran via Fairfax (roads--2 miles) for awhile until we hit Deer Park (trails again). From Deer Park we ran up to Yolanda Trail to Phoenix Lake and Back to Ross Commons. The last 30 minutes (almost entirely on single tracks and fire roads) we picked up the pace to about 7:00--the last mile my friend really took off and I just maintained my pace (feeling perfectly fine w/my effort!). My hamstrings were tight at the start of the run. They loosened up a bit during the run but then after the run they tigthened up again!
All in all the run was great. I was definitely beat after the run.
Posted by liz at February 13, 2005 12:38 PM
Comments
Liz, your long runs sound great! The hill climbing sounds tough but good. Did you bring a bottle to drink? The end of the runs sounds fast. This sounds like a perfect training run for WAY TOO COOL!! Nice job! Wish I had been with you!
Posted by: Mary at February 13, 2005 02:34 PM