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gf proposed a hike today and it was a good substitute for the planned long/easy run. well over 400m elevation gain, and straight-up rock scrambling for the last stretch. good thing to do on such a spectacular day as we had here.

- hike 8.2 km in 2:17

- interval run: warm up x 4 laps; 3 x two laps hard/one lap easy; cool down x 3 laps
great workout. average pace was 3:42, 3:47, 4:01 on the hard laps. a lap is just under 500m. didn't look at pace at all, went by feel. first two sets too hard but that's okay, i'll figure it out as time goes on. happy that i didn't bail on the third set, even though it was a little slower. at the end of the second set my brain was saying, "aw, it's okay, that was enough of a workout, just jog it out." and as i came back around to the beginning of the last hard set my body said, "go." that is good. total distance 7.42, total time 35:03, average pace 4:43.

- stretch

knees a little achey on the drive home but okay now.

last night

- progression run (treadmill) 5 min @ 10kph; 10 min @ 10.5kph, 12kph, 13.5kph; 5 min @ 10kph
solid. had a back spasm or strained mid-back somehow about halfway through. still stiff and painful this morning, especially twisting to the right. bah.

- stretch

- run 8.59 km in 43:38

- stretch

- pull up x 7,7

raining and 9/49 degrees, felt amazing. no one out, only one other dude at the track, walking laps with an umbrella.

left quad tight just above knee. rolled it out a bit with the tiger tail, much tightness/enervation. will monitor, do some more rolling.

raining to the point of flooding tonight. drive home was getting a little dicey. soooo rest day. don't need to get hit by a car that can't see me or can't stop in time, or step in a puddle up to my calf.

I went to the cinema after and my body seized up like heck lol.

dehydrated?

- run x 2 km; 500m on/off x 4 (~3:30 pace on); 1.5km
nice, not too hard for first speed workout of 2019. total 7.0 km, 34:26.

- push up x 16,16

- tuck hanging leg raise/hanging L-sit hold x 10,10/10s

- stretch

total this week 41.3 km spread over five runs. tomorrow long and slow.

these long slow runs are building the base for heavier efforts. just like light squats to build the base for heavy reps.