Tuesday Night Run in Albuquerque
The initial plan was to run tonight in the Sandia mountains again, but getting out of work at 6:30 p.m., getting on the road at 6:50 p.m. and a traffic jam on Interstate 40 west heading out of the middle of town thwarted that idea. But there's always time for Plan B!
That was to head to Tramway Blvd., which runs north and south at the western foothills of the Sandias. I parked my car at the intersection of Montgomery and Tramway and headed north on the bike and pedestrian pathway.
This part of town is somewhere near 6,500 feet above sea level and as I've stated before, the majority of the run is a slight uphill. I ran from Montgomery north to Paseo del Norte, which I measured by car to be 3.05 miles, and then headed back. (So, 6.1 miles overall.)
I was 38:16.89 going out and 36:34.60 coming back. While 1:14:51.49 would look deceiving for just short of a 10K, consider that I had a crosswind at all times of approximately 15 miles per hour coming down off of the Sandia mountains. However, my goal was to run the entire distance out and back (aside from stopping for just over a minute to get a drink of Gatorade that I was carrying with me) and I accomplished just that.
Think about it. I ran 5:39:06 and 4:55:08 in my two marathons. If I run a steady 11-minute per mile pace, that is a 4:48 marathon. I'll take that! But I believe that I'm capable of doing better. I think that I can eventually get myself under 4:40. (10:30 per mile is 4:35.)
The bottom line for this evening is that I got 6.1 miles in! Therefore, it was a great evening. :)
That was to head to Tramway Blvd., which runs north and south at the western foothills of the Sandias. I parked my car at the intersection of Montgomery and Tramway and headed north on the bike and pedestrian pathway.
This part of town is somewhere near 6,500 feet above sea level and as I've stated before, the majority of the run is a slight uphill. I ran from Montgomery north to Paseo del Norte, which I measured by car to be 3.05 miles, and then headed back. (So, 6.1 miles overall.)
I was 38:16.89 going out and 36:34.60 coming back. While 1:14:51.49 would look deceiving for just short of a 10K, consider that I had a crosswind at all times of approximately 15 miles per hour coming down off of the Sandia mountains. However, my goal was to run the entire distance out and back (aside from stopping for just over a minute to get a drink of Gatorade that I was carrying with me) and I accomplished just that.
Think about it. I ran 5:39:06 and 4:55:08 in my two marathons. If I run a steady 11-minute per mile pace, that is a 4:48 marathon. I'll take that! But I believe that I'm capable of doing better. I think that I can eventually get myself under 4:40. (10:30 per mile is 4:35.)
The bottom line for this evening is that I got 6.1 miles in! Therefore, it was a great evening. :)
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