Notes
Accomplished a year-long ambition today, I ran to/from the climbing gym to/from the apartment. And of course the 1way was made possible my Hazard taking my stuff home. It was also an ideal day as the wind would be at my back the entire trip.
I started with a short detour, unfortunately there are no sidewalks next to the gym. I could have ran through fields on busy roads (without good shoulders) but I figured an extra mile was alright.
It didn't take long to realize I wouldn't be crushing this run; the legs (in particular my quads) were tired from yesterday and I had just climbed for 2.5 hours. Still, with the wind at my back and a long downhill early on, I was actually cruising - probably faster than I should have. And other than a few really slow uphills in the middle, I maintained a respectable pace.
My estimate was about right, 11.5 miles to get home, then I shuffled a few minutes to claim 12.
Thanks to a strong weekend, my mileage wasn't too bad this week. Now I'll try to recovery well before racing next weekend.