Day...whatever...of training...

Yea so I'm not doing the countdown thing again. Just going to try and post day to day as my training progresses. I just did my long, "easy", run yesterday. It was anything but. It wasn't as long as I planned, 47 minutes compared to 60, and it was anything but easy. I planned a 5.5 mile route, knowing that the hills in my neighborhood would slow me down. The problem was that it wasn't so much the hills that slowed me as they were more like mountains. Dear god, I've never ran such long and steep hills before. It was downright brutal. Lesson learned. No more running around my neighborhood for my long "easy" run anymore. I'll be going to fletcher park for that from now on. However, despite that, the run actually went really well. I don't know what my pace was, probably around 11 min miles, which considering the terrain, not too bad. I felt really good throughout and my legs only feel slightly tired today. So, all in all, good start to the training season. It's so much nicer than insanity. Less insane too. Needed to add for my own good. Supposed to be an RPE 2-3 run. Felt like a 7-9 with bits of 10 and 5 thrown in there depending where I was on the hill. Future reference, do not do this run again for an easy run.