Sandra once again is going to pick me up on top! So kind of her...
Running to the first road junction once again barely involves running after the first couple of minutes. The trail starts out pretty gentle, but gets steep quickly. Just before R1 (the first road crossing) it gets very steep with huge steps made of rock. I can't run these (or if I did, I'd just blow up and be done). I hit R1 in 7:28... wow. My PR from years ago is 6:24, and Bill's PR split is 5:59 (and he wasn't doing intervals!).
The few splits are gentler, and I started jogging a bit more now. Unf, I had gone too hard down low, and I ended up walking sections that were very runnable.
At R6 (the last crossing before the top) Sandra pulled over and Jesse (my 7yr old) asked to go with me. I nodded "yes" (I couldn't talk).
Jesse headed up the last section ahead of me, and after 1min I called out for the 1min rest. He said, "Why are we stopping? I'm not even tired!" Lol. Already bested by my son.
After two more intervals Jesse was begging me to slow down (he needs to learn about pacing!). Finished in 24:52 (48:52 elapsed), with HR hitting 178 on the steep part on the last split. My resting pulse right now is 52.
This was the hardest effort I'd put out in the past month; I was pretty destroyed.
R1 7:28 7:28
R2 1:49 9:16
R3 1:43 11:00
R4 44 11:44
R5 3:54 15:38
R6 3:58 19:36
R7 5:16 24:52
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