Chilly Hilly Vancouver Wednesday Run
Two days had passed without any running so it was time this evening, once the rains had stopped, to get outside and get in a good run.
I didn't really have an objective as far as time or distance, but just wanted to get out for awhile and feel good after doing the Little Rock Marathon three days before.
I went outside at about 10:20 p.m. Pacific time here in North Vancouver and I headed east from the hotel on some familiar streets. (And, yes, it was a little chilly out.)
As I started to climb a couple of blocks from Esplanade to 1st and then to 2nd and 3rd, I was starting to feel pretty good. So I got to the corner of 3rd and St. David's and figured I'd keep going up until I got to Keith St. From there, I went about three or four blocks to the east which brought me to Grand Avenue East.
I started to begin running up the hill and eventually went up about 11 blocks to 19th St. before deciding to turn to the west. I wanted to run back west to Lonsdale Avenue, which would then go straight down south to the hotel; however, as I looked down a dark and very steep hill (not being able to tell if there were any patches of black ice), I figured it was best to just reverse the route until I got back to Keith St. and St. David's. (From there, I'd keep going west to Lonsdale and then south to the hotel.) The other reason why I reversed it is because I could see where there was or wasn't slush on the road. (It had put a little snow on the ground in this part of the city earlier this morning.)
As I headed west, I also began to face a stiff headwind that weather.com said was flowing in at 25-30 mph from the WSW. It turned the 34 degrees temperature into what felt like 21.
All in all, I covered 5.52 miles in 1:04:02; however, a good bit of the first 2.9 miles included a net elevation gain of 440 feet. (This was steeper than Sunday in Little Rock in about the same amount of distance - from mile 13 marker to mile 16 - and what I found out is that I could have pushed this evening a bit harder going up the hill.) That measures a pace of 11:36 per mile, which isn't too shabby on that kind of hill.
I'll be getting more familiar with the hill in the remainder of the month of March.
I didn't really have an objective as far as time or distance, but just wanted to get out for awhile and feel good after doing the Little Rock Marathon three days before.
I went outside at about 10:20 p.m. Pacific time here in North Vancouver and I headed east from the hotel on some familiar streets. (And, yes, it was a little chilly out.)
As I started to climb a couple of blocks from Esplanade to 1st and then to 2nd and 3rd, I was starting to feel pretty good. So I got to the corner of 3rd and St. David's and figured I'd keep going up until I got to Keith St. From there, I went about three or four blocks to the east which brought me to Grand Avenue East.
I started to begin running up the hill and eventually went up about 11 blocks to 19th St. before deciding to turn to the west. I wanted to run back west to Lonsdale Avenue, which would then go straight down south to the hotel; however, as I looked down a dark and very steep hill (not being able to tell if there were any patches of black ice), I figured it was best to just reverse the route until I got back to Keith St. and St. David's. (From there, I'd keep going west to Lonsdale and then south to the hotel.) The other reason why I reversed it is because I could see where there was or wasn't slush on the road. (It had put a little snow on the ground in this part of the city earlier this morning.)
As I headed west, I also began to face a stiff headwind that weather.com said was flowing in at 25-30 mph from the WSW. It turned the 34 degrees temperature into what felt like 21.
All in all, I covered 5.52 miles in 1:04:02; however, a good bit of the first 2.9 miles included a net elevation gain of 440 feet. (This was steeper than Sunday in Little Rock in about the same amount of distance - from mile 13 marker to mile 16 - and what I found out is that I could have pushed this evening a bit harder going up the hill.) That measures a pace of 11:36 per mile, which isn't too shabby on that kind of hill.
I'll be getting more familiar with the hill in the remainder of the month of March.
posted by WalkSports.com | 2:34 AM
2 Comments:
You are like a running machine!
I can't get back that soon after a marathon.
Oh wait, you are younger than me - I hope...
10:20pm
by that time I have been in bed an hour! LOL!
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