I got my last hill workout in before the race on the 25th, although after talking with my buddy Arnie I don't think anything I have done will prepare me for the single track switchbacks for 13 miles that I will experience in a week.
I did my normal hill route starting on 47th at L10, running up to the end of 47th, making a left and then up to the joshua tree at the peak (half mile). I did this route 3x in 3:20, 3:15, and then broke my record again in 3:09. I was pretty spent after the third one, but did 2 more half mile intervals on the way home in 2:47 and 2:50 followed by a 2 mile cool down.
Total mileage was 9 in 1:08:13 with an average pace of 7:34.
On the half mile hill route, the real grade increase doesn't start until the quarter mile. When I am ready to do hills again I am going to do quarter mile intervals which would start on 47th at L12 and finish at the same joshua tree. I will probably start with 6-8 times and build on that. It would be a tough workout for sure.
I found another cool running/pace calculator/estimator. Check it out here.
Did you see the video of this guy struggling to finish the Chicago Marathon this year?
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When I first started watching the video of the Chicago Marathon runner I thought, "Why isn't anyone stopping to help this guy up and help him finish?!" I'm glad that it was a predictable ending. I hope that we have the opportunity to do what those two guys did that day.
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