Back-to-Back 10-Milers and for Tonight Repeats up a Steep 50' Hill

This run would've been a quick 'n easy 3-miler; however, I decided to throw this hill at myself. If you look at the elevation chart below, at about 3/4 of a mile I ascended up the hill. Then at almost exactly 1-mile I made my descent and it seems a TON steeper running down! Before I knew it, I was zig-zagging down the hill like a skier! When I made it down, I stretched my legs out by running a few extra feet and then doubled back up to the top! On a normal run this hill doesn't break me, but after back-to-back 10-milers, the legs were burning! If you look at the mile splits you'll see this hill really slowed up my 2nd mile. Hell of a day for a run, at 38° who can complain? Gotta run, Chris P.S. The elevation change is 50' for this hill; trust me it's much longer than 50'! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 874 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 02/18/10 Up/Downhill: [+219/-219] Time: 4:15 PM Difficulty: 2.8 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 38 F temp; 37% humidity 38 F heat index; winds NW1 Performance Distance: 3.26 miles Time: 0:26:36 Speed: 7.4 mph Pace: 8' 09 /mi Calories: 465 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 56 -0' 13 7.5 +0.2 +23 ft 2 8' 37 +0' 28 7.0 -0.4 -7 ft 3 7' 48 -0' 21 7.7 +0.3 -33 ft end 8' 32 +0' 23 7.0 -0.3 +16 ft Versus average of 8' 09 min/mile

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No Ice Cream Tonight, Just another 10 Mile Run

Unlike last night, I skipped the ice cream and had an orange before tonight's run. Although I didn't run for speed or hit any hills tonight, it was a great run! Guided by snow on both sides of the country roads I ran tonight, it was relaxing. As I clipped along the dark roads at a comfortable pace, no more than 10 cars passed me. I just got into a rhythm, listening to Going Rogue: An American Life By Sarah Palin. One thing that stuck out in the hour an a half I was listening to her narrate. Is the fact that when Sarah Palin ran for Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska; she ran on a campaign promise to cut her own salary. After she was elected Mayor she kept that promise and did! That's about as awesome as Mayor Oscar Goodman refusing an invitation to meet with President Obama! Oh, hell yeah! Now it's time for the ice cream, Chris Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 869 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 02/17/10 Up/Downhill: [+423/-426] Time: 6:04 PM Difficulty: 3.8 / 5.0 Weather: Mostly Cloudy 31 F temp; 71% humidity 31 F heat index; winds N4 Performance Distance: 10.04 miles Time: 1:30:42 Speed: 6.6 mph Pace: 9' 02 /mi Calories: 1422 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 35 -0' 27 7.0 +0.3 +4 ft 2 9' 00 -0' 02 6.7 +0.0 -10 ft 3 9' 16 +0' 14 6.5 -0.2 +33 ft 4 9' 25 +0' 23 6.4 -0.3 -23 ft 5 9' 39 +0' 37 6.2 -0.4 -3 ft 6 9' 00 -0' 02 6.7 +0.0 -3 ft 7 9' 03 +0' 01 6.6 -0.0 +30 ft 8 8' 59 -0' 03 6.7 +0.0 -26 ft 9 9' 07 +0' 05 6.6 -0.1 -3 ft 10 8' 13 -0' 49 7.3 +0.7 +3 ft end 7' 55 -1' 07 7.6 +0.9 -3 ft Versus average of 9' 02 min/mile

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