I spent the last week in the mountains of New Mexico at 7500 feet. I ran 40.63 miles at an average pace of 8:56 and gained over 3000 feet of elevation in the process. The thin air was hard on the breathing and the climbing and descents were hard on the legs. The first 2 days were miserable and I was huffing for breath like when I had just started running. By the end the breathing was better but my pace was pretty steady. I mostly just tried to enjoy myself.
We drove through the night on Friday and got home early Saturday. After sleeping all day Saturday I was ready for a long run on Sunday. 10 miles at 7:42 pace. It was hot and humid (84 degrees). The heat seemed worse than the altitude. My HR hit 180 at the end of the run which is the highest its been since I started running with a HR monitor again. On the way home I stopped at Jubilee park and did a 1/2 mile down and up a 13% grade hill to keep with my elevation gain theme.
After Monday off, I ran my first track workout today. 3X800 plus 2 X 400 with 400 recovery jogs.
Splits
2:50
2:59
2:56
1:30
1:25
I was not really that pumped for the workout and it was a bit of a struggle. My breathing was labored and my legs felt pretty dead. Strava thought it was a good effort though and looking back my HR stayed pretty low never getting over 170 until the very end of the last 400. I think I'm just a bit tired from my vacation still and maybe am just not accustomed to this type of effort?
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