Awesome day in Austin, TX. Humid but not too hot in the morning. Enough clouds to hide the sun for the first 8 miles. I did 12 loops of the Hill of Life, which is the primary training site here in central Texas for the Pikes Peak Marathon. I did a steady forward motion pace on all 12 loops. No walking and no power-walking. Very happy with this workout today. The workout took 2 hours 32 minutes. HOL is 1/2 mile steep, rocky trail down and then 1/2 mile back up.
My descent/ascent times were: 6:28/6:30; 5:59/6:37; 6:06/6:19; 6:02/6:36; 6:15/6:44; 6:15/6:32; 6:16/6:47; 6:05/6:44; 6:04/6:57; 5:41/6:59; 5:48/6:32; 5:40/6:25.
I saw a group of 100 miler runners who had run all night as part of their training to go to Wyoming Big Horn 100 miler in 3 weeks. I saw a couple of guys who are training for a hike up Mt. Raineer in Washington in August. One of them went to hike the Andes last year, and the other one has hiked Mt. Everest. Saw a woman and a guy who were going to walk the Hill of Life for 4 hours today as part of their training for their first Pikes Peak ascent in August. I saw Rick, a 100 miler runner, who I hadn't seen since last year on the HOL. Lots of folks who enjoy the work on the HOL.
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