First, let me write that I love my new Garmin GPS running watch! It is additive to see exactly what my current pace, overall pace and distance run is by just glancing quickly at my wrist. Running outside of Wilbur, using my watch, I have learned that a country mile is actually the same as a regular mile, it just seems to take forever and a day when you are on a straight, 6 mile long road. Yesterday, I got a real surprise on my splits when out for my daily training.
Outside of Wilbur, one of my training routes has a section that features a long, straight, 3/4 mile long medium grade hill, topped with a flat 1/4 mile stretch before the road turns north. Yesterday, when I took off, the wind was not that bad...yet. While on my jog, I came around a big bend, and started up the grade. I could not believe how easy the climb! It felt like I was flying up the hill. When I got to the end of the stretch, I looked down at my watch and discovered that I had done the hill in an amazing (for me) 9 min 30 seconds! Then I turned to head back down.
Have you ever tried to run into a sustained 30+ mph wind with gust over 40? It felt like hitting a wall. I could not believe how hard it became to even breath. Every deep breath caused the wind to dry out all the saliva in my mouth. No matter how hard I dug in, it felt like I was standing still. At one point, I stopped jogging and just tried to power walk into the wind. When I finally reached the bottom of the hill, to my amazement, I clocked in a 14 minute 22 second mile. What the wind hath giveth, the wind can take away!
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