easy 8 miles

This morning I was scheduled for an easy 8 miles. I picked a super hilly route, because after all, I'm going to be racewalking the marathon in San Francisco. I went around SugarHouse Park and then up 1900 East all the way to the U - through Research Park and down through Fort Douglas and past the Huntsman Center, then across Guardsman Way to the track at East High. I arrived at the track at 6:25ish, just in time to teach the racewalking clinic from 6:30-7:20. Then Diane (my co-teacher for the clinic) was nice enough to give me a ride home from the track afterward.

I felt great this morning. My pace was about exactly 11:00/mile on this very hilly route, and my average heart rate was 136. Not nearly as fast as Monday, but I wasn't working as hard, and had more hills today.

It was nice weather - a bit cooler than it has been. It was about 55 this morning, and my hands actually got cold when I was at the track for the class, because I cooled off a lot at that point. During my 8 miles, my hands were fine, though. I think next time I will bring gloves for the class.