Before kicking off the fall trail season, started with a local road race I had wanted to do last year but it conflicted with the 5th Avenue Mile. Santa Monica 10K, now only 20 minutes away living in L.A. Crazy heat wave this week which led to the 10K being cancelled, and having to run the 5K.
Monday: 0 Miles
+22 Mile Hike
Hiked Mount Langley, my first 14 thousand foot mountain with Matt Adams. Great day and excellent hike, one of the best I've done.
Tuesday: 9 Miles- South Pasadena, CA
Went back to Arroyo Park, but this time ran to the South with a mix of trail, road and bike path. Mostly a nice route, especially through Ernest Debs park with some hilly dirt roads, and then the paved residential roads after were mostly good too. Bike path not as great as it was cement and a lot of trash/homeless. Very hot run at 85 degrees.
Wednesday: 11 Miles- Los Angeles, CA
Griffith Park loop from Southern Railroad. Out on the Eastern ridges/trails, back on Main trail (only flat trail in the park). I was really tired and dehydrated on this one, plus still quite hot.
Thursday: 10 Miles- Culver City, CA
Tune-up workout for Santa Monica 10K. Goal was 3 to 4 mile at tempo. Started the tempo and felt really weak and out of it immediately, ended up bailing at half mile when 6:30 pace felt hard. Decided to give it another go and made it 2 miles at 5:34 pace, which is solid. Felt hard. Added on 4x1 minute hard with minute rest. Not much in the tank today.
Friday: 10 Miles- Los Angeles, CA
Some new griffith exploration, took the brush canyon trail which leads out of the park, meaning a decent amount of busier roads on this one. Not the best route overall but good to see some new trails. Legs were really tired at the end.
Saturday: 8 Miles- Santa Monica, CA
Bib-pickup plus course preview. Ran on the palisades park dirt path, which was surprisingly quite nice and then got on some quiet roads. Pleasant surprise for a busy L.A. tourist area.
Sunday: 10 Miles- Santa Monica, CA
5K race- 2 second road PR of 15:33. Well above my expectations, went really well. Separate recap to come.
Weekly Total: 59 Miles
Weekly Highlight: Hiking Mount Langley and running a road 5K PR. Good week.
Weekly Lowlight: Heat felt rough and so did Thursday's workout.
Movies Watched: The Beekeeper, Alien, Aliens, Prometheus
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