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4x Baldy

December 13, 2016 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: cold, super-damp, foggy

Comments:
Sort of a weird day. After a long day-weekend, we slept in a bit. I then had CA come to the office so I could work on her. Rather than try to go to Hardesty afterward -- which would invariably a shit-show of snow and low-hanging brances -- I opted for Baldy, instead.

Thinking about Hardesty and it's 65-75 minutes of climbing, it stands to reason that I should be doing more (and could handle more) than 3 baldy up-downs, so I committed to four today.

Ran easy from the house to Baldy. Felt OK, but not very spry. Then went after it.

The intent was to keep them as "easy" as I could, while still running. Like Hardesty, this would easily be threshold but not blast too high.

I went easy, but I was dismayed at A. how slow the reps turned out to be, and B. how relatively high the HR still was:

10:33 (159), 8:19 (143)
11:08 (164), 8:31 (143)
11:26 (163), 8:34 (141)
11:46 (163), 8:44 (135)

On the descents, I tried to breathe entirely through the nose, working on even nose-and-mouth breathing while running. This made them a little easier, as did the outrageous mud near the bottom.

Overall I felt good - and the summits weren't super hard - but damn, I'm not sure I've ever run Baldy that slow (other than in high-heat summer).