Tuesday Night Run / Workout
Here in Albuquerque, I tried running in a different location (not that I thought it would significantly cut my time from the night before)!
I work on the north side of the city (near I-25 and San Mateo for those of you who are familiar with the area) so I drove farther out to Alameda before heading west towards the Rio Grande River and the Rio Grande/Alameda Open Space Park. An individual here at the hospital said that there were trails that ran north and south of the parking area.
I walked to the north side of Alameda and headed out on a dirt road that was on top of a small levee that was designed to keep waters away from homes should the Rio Grande River rise.
While this was only at about 5,000 feet above sea level, I'm still getting my butt kicked. [It was only a month ago that on a humid Thursday night that I ran a 29:43 5K (May 12th) in downtown Houston.]
There were markers every quarter mile all the way until you got to the boundaries of one of the Indian reservations (the Rio Grande was on the left running out). It said not to go any farther and I wasn't about to chance it and start an international scene (since the Indian reservations are basically their own nations.)
The first marker I passed was the 8.5-mile marker and the 10-mile marker was at the fence that marked the Indian reservation. The question was how far was it from where I started to the first mile marker? Probably close to another 1/4 mile. So I figured 1.75 miles out and 1.75 miles back.
I was at 20:44.80 going out and 20:17.59 coming back, after a 1:10 rest at the turnaround.
When I got back to the hotel, I watched almost the entire second round of the NBA Draft while I banged out an hour on the stationery bike.
I work on the north side of the city (near I-25 and San Mateo for those of you who are familiar with the area) so I drove farther out to Alameda before heading west towards the Rio Grande River and the Rio Grande/Alameda Open Space Park. An individual here at the hospital said that there were trails that ran north and south of the parking area.
I walked to the north side of Alameda and headed out on a dirt road that was on top of a small levee that was designed to keep waters away from homes should the Rio Grande River rise.
While this was only at about 5,000 feet above sea level, I'm still getting my butt kicked. [It was only a month ago that on a humid Thursday night that I ran a 29:43 5K (May 12th) in downtown Houston.]
There were markers every quarter mile all the way until you got to the boundaries of one of the Indian reservations (the Rio Grande was on the left running out). It said not to go any farther and I wasn't about to chance it and start an international scene (since the Indian reservations are basically their own nations.)
The first marker I passed was the 8.5-mile marker and the 10-mile marker was at the fence that marked the Indian reservation. The question was how far was it from where I started to the first mile marker? Probably close to another 1/4 mile. So I figured 1.75 miles out and 1.75 miles back.
I was at 20:44.80 going out and 20:17.59 coming back, after a 1:10 rest at the turnaround.
When I got back to the hotel, I watched almost the entire second round of the NBA Draft while I banged out an hour on the stationery bike.
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