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Hills are your friend!

March 8, 2011

Today I did a hill workout.  Fueled up with some more Cliff Shot Bloks from Running with Sass.  I ran about a 1.5 miles to warm up and then went at it!

Workout Stats:

Short hills (11 repeats of about .15 miles ~ 240 m)
6 miles
53:27:07
8:55 avg pace

Because a friend of mine asked for some advice on hill workouts, I found it appropriate to post about it today.  I’m no … [Continue reading]

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What a tired Tuesday!

February 22, 2011

I was still so exhausted from this past weekend.  It is funny how you would think that having a holiday would leave me more rested, but I think I am more tired!  Despite my exhaustion, I got up bright and early today to catch the first train.  I headed for the hills!  It was SO cold this morning.  I seriously thought that my face might freeze off!

I didn’t really speed up the hills, but I … [Continue reading]

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Hills with a buddy!

February 18, 2011

I was SO excited for my hill workout yesterday!  My friend Jamie joined me!  I haven’t done a speed workout or hill workout with any of my running ladies in foooooooreeeevERRRR (Sandlot anyone?!).

I warned Jamie that I would want to take a picture of us for my blog – yup I’m that cool.  I didn’t warn her that I’d make her take it AFTER our workout.  Look we match and we didn’t even plan … [Continue reading]

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Hills make me wanna ninja turtle face…

February 4, 2011

I by the Boston Common today. I did a warm up of 1.37 miles in 11:29. And then it was go-time! I started off pretty good around an 8 minute pace, but I got tired quickly! The last one I did my best to average around 8 again! I definately need to start doing more hills so I’m ready for Boston!

After the workout ended, I felt like making the ninja turtle face. What is … [Continue reading]

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Snowy run kind of day…

January 18, 2011

I wanted to run this morning because the snow was supposed to turn into a “wintery mix” of rain and snow. Because of all the snow we have gotten, I knew I would be dodging puddles left and right if I waited until after work.

So, I ran 8 miles (avg 8:29 pace) outside this morning in the snow. It was actually quite refreshing and very pretty out. It was a repetitive loop around the … [Continue reading]

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