Easy run + 8 x 10 sec. hill sprints + level 3 shred. 5:05 am, 23°F, 68% humidity, wind 5 SSE. Oh how I hate to get up in the morning. However, I'm glad I live in Colorado instead of Utah (sorry Utahns) since I'm a morning runner, because the sun rises earlier in Colorado than in Utah (also sets earlier, but that's another story). I could see some lighter sky on the eastern horizon by the time I finished my run just past 6:30 this morning, but I know from my experience last week that it is still pitch black in Utah at 6:30 in the morning right now. I ran the the County Line loop and I started out pretty slowly, but then hurried up, particularly in the 6th and 7th miles because I was anxious to get to the rec center for a pit stop. Then I ran a little slower after that. I've got to reprogram my body to get up and function early in the morning after my 2 weeks of slothfulness. I consider today the beginning of the new year for myself. I was still on vacation up through yesterday. Now it's back to the grind stone. I've got the kids all off to school, and I've still got to shower and get ready, run a couple of errands and get to work. I'm running a little late this morning because I had to stop after the first circuit in the shred and drive Thing 1 and his string bass to school this morning. I finished the shred when I got back. Maybe life will be easier next year when Thing 1 is gone off to college. Thing 2 doesn't play an instrument. AP: 9:45. Splits: 10:02, 10:03, 9:56, 9:47, 9:40, 9:12, 8:52, 9:08. Pace on hill sprints: 6:35, 6:59, 7:14, 7:36, 6:49, 6:37, 7:06, 6:54.
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