afternoon- Sunrise hills x 5. Warmup to the hill (1.8 ish) then right into the hills. 1-1:58 a little disappointed that I started out slow again (like last week) felt like I was challenging the hill more than the time showed.
2-1:55 decided I needed to get into it and make this a good workout
3-1:59 bumbed that 2nd time was only 1:55 when I felt like I was pushing so hard. Really had nothing in my legs on this one
4-2:00 worked the arms hard and made a conscious effort to dig in the second half, but nothing is there.
5-1:58 try to finish under 2. Did it, workout is over. Cooldown back across Foremaster, up Mall Drive and back to PVHS. During my cooldown I had time to reflect on my struggles on hills lately. Since starting back up, the last two weeks have had much slower times then back in Nov. and Dec. (1:50-1:55) and it is frustrating. So trying to hit a reason I looked at the bit of a head wind as a small factor, but much bigger was leg fatigue. I imagine this is from weights and much quicker 1 and 1/2 repeats. So trying to weigh the pro's and con's, I decided that the repeats HAVE to stay and quick, the weights are needed to give me some leg and overall body strength, and I will just deal with the slower hills for a few more weeks and see if I can work on bringing it down little by little. Afterall, this week was quicker than last with one more hill. W-149.5 RHR-45 | 