Two runs to report, both solo.

I got home late again last night to a nearly empty fridge and decided to kill two birds with one stone. I ran an out of the way route to Whole Foods, picked up something to go with the cabbage back at home, and ran an out of the way route home. 3.6 miles in 29:xx;a short run to fill the gap between two tougher workouts and get me into bed so I could run in the morning.

10 hours later I woke up and jogged over to Ohlone Park for some hill repeats. There's a straight, uninterrupted stretch of sidewalk that goes about 345 meters at a 3% grade. The plan was 10x hills hard, with an easy recovery downhill, and see how long it takes. The first rep went in 1:19, but I quickly lost focus and had slowed to 1:24 by the fourth rep. Here I chastised myself and got my head back in the game; the remaining reps came in mostly at 1:19 or 1:20, with the last two in 1:17 and 1:15. I jogged the mile home easy, for a total of 6.5 miles in 51:19.

I'm still feeling it a bit in my quads, so I guess it was a good workout. I haven't done a lot of hill repeats, in the past, preferring to run on the track, but I think that out here strength training will serve me better than speedwork; particularly since I'm doing most of my runs these days with Silas and the stroller, which isn't really compatible with the track. The SF Half Marathon is 7 weeks out, and it's looking like this will be my first 40+ mile week since the beginning of April. Here's hoping for a good 7 weeks. I'm looking forward to C and S getting back home tomorrow night and hitting the road with Si this weekend.