Notes
Miserable feeling run today, with not a bad result. So the plan was Fartlek the 9.1 course hills today. I felt pretty good for the mile warmup, then started to work the hills. I really pushed the first few hills and started to feel it by about 3 miles in. I could tell it was gonna be a rough one. I tried to regain my composure, but everytime I started to really push, I felt like I was getting no oxygen at all. Tough to run when you feel like you cant breathe. So I just kept telling myself to relax and just push when I could on the hills. I felt like a horrible hill runner. My left upper quad/hip joint kept clicking and I felt like my right leg was doing all the work. Just not smooth at all. Really let off the last mile as well. I didnt look at my time until I just checked over my times on the 9.1 for the past. 55:38 is my fastest ever on that course ... certainly didnt feel like it during the run. I got this as a positive though, if I can run that time feeling that horrible, I must be in somewhat good shape. Just keep running...