It may be 6 weeks late, but it seems to finally be warming up a bit. Today was another beautiful day. I had a great first 2 miles, but then I walked the second half of the hill on Ironwood. I think I walked for about a minute, which means I probably cost myself 20 to 40 seconds by walking. That was the difference between the time I earned, and what would have been a new record.<\/p>\n
29:02<\/a><\/p>\n It is sort of interesting to me that I can walk and still get my second fastest time ever, but I’m committing to not walk again… at least until I add more distance to my loop. I seem to have all this energy left over when I’m done running. Today there was a great debate between working in the garden (it really needs it) or riding my bike. My bike won. But I think it’s definitely time to add some more distance to my runs.<\/p>\n Despite feeling like I had a lot of energy, my legs felt pretty tired when I tried to make them climb the hill in Alpine. I had set out thinking I might even go up Suncrest today, but after the slow climb into Alpine, I doubted I would do the Suncrest climb. When I actually got to Suncrest Drive, my legs just said no. I wasn’t going to let them off that easily though, so we headed down towards the lake. I thought I might try the loop I did the other day, but in reverse. Well, I’m terrible with navigation and directions. I got a little lost in Lehi, trying to find a way under the freeway. I did eventually find the same one I had used the other day, but then I went off some other way and wound up over by Saratoga Springs.<\/p>\n When I crossed the new Pioneer Crossing highway today, I noticed that it had “Bike Route” signs. I decided to try it on my way back from Saratoga. I liked it a lot. Well, I stopped liking it when it dropped me onto US-89 in American Fork, but the traffic was light, so it wasn’t too big of a deal this time. Once I found Center Street in American Fork, I was back on my home turf. I love taking that road up to the cemetery and then jumping over to the Alpine Highway, which also has a great bike lane. There was a little bit of wind coming out of the canyon as I headed towards the final hill, but there was no wind going up the last big hill. I was still slow. My legs were pretty burned up by then, but it wasn’t too bad.<\/p>\n 32.99 miles<\/a><\/p>\n I only wish my legs had more juice so I could have stayed out longer. It was that good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It may be 6 weeks late, but it seems to finally be warming up a bit. Today was another beautiful day. I had a great first 2 miles, but then I walked the second half of the hill on Ironwood. … Continue reading