Monday Evening Run

After work here in Albuquerque, I went up to Tramway Boulevard (which runs north and south, north of Interstate 40 near the western foothills of the Sandia Mountains). Tramway sits at near 6,500 feet above sea level.

I drove south on Tramway a ways until I could find a safe place to park. Once doing so, I began to run on a bicycle/pedestrian trail that was safely away from the 4-lane, divided highway.

The temperature was actually nice and by the end of the run, it was even cool with the air coming down off the mountain range.

I started at Montgomery and Tramway, heading north. I went 10 minutes before the altitude kicked my rear end. To keep things brief, I went all the way to Paseo Del Norte in 36:53.42. While this stretch is part of the opening 7 miles of the New Mexico Marathon that is held the first weekend in September, it is also uphill.

I walked around for 1:17 before heading back in the direction I came.

While I thought it was all uphill, they were numbers of stretches were I thought I was running uphill going back. (Reviewing from the car later, on the way to get something to eat, there are slight increases and decreases in the path.)

While I felt strong and sustained at times, my return time was only 36:04.68. And the one thing I noticed is that I feel like I'm carrying about 20 extra pounds in my legs.

Then the shocker came. I measured the distance, using my rental car, that I ran as 3.05 miles one way! Yikes! 6.1 miles - 1:12:58!?

Oh well ... time to keep working!