After dropping the boys off at school this morning, I ran my short run – a 6.5 mile out-and-back to Top of the World in Laguna Beach. I got in some hill work. But I got in hill work even during my “rest while running month.” Hill work is not my focus – hills are my strange addiction. My focus today was to recover quicker than I have been, after conquering a hill. West Ridge has plenty of rolling hills, and some tough hills to work on picking up after recovery.
You see, while inadvertently training myself to run slowly, I realized that after conquering a hill, I often run in a recovery pace on the flats and downhills. Today, I allowed only a short recovery, then using my garmin to judge, forced a pace increase after every uphill.
Overall I felt strong today. What a joy! It’s been a long time. I’m tempted to write that this hilly run was easy. Yes, it was easy. It was easy in a hard, sweaty, grueling way.
Running down into Wood Canyon:
The lovely long and windy road ahead (West Ridge):
Looking down on the Pacific Ocean:
Top of the World:
Heading back to the truck with a view of The Saddleback Mountains:
The profile:
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