Boxing Day

Summary Data
Total Time (h:m:s)	0:53:47	9:00 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s)	0:53:47	9:00 pace
Distance (mi )	5.97
Moving Speed (mph)	6.7 avg.	11.3 max.
Elevation Gain (ft)	+656 / -693
Avg. Heart Rate	147 bpm	Zone 3.9
Temperature (°F)	48.2°F avg.	48.2°F high
Wind Speed ( mph)	SSE 6.3 avg.	SSE 8.1 max.

Start Time: 11:56:29 AM

I continue to have nutrition issues if I do not get out the door right away. I call this the 'parent problem'---namely that when I am at home, time slips away too quickly. I thought that the bagel and fruit I ate this morning would be fine for the run---and I did not want to overeat. Of course I failed to realize that it would take more than four hours to get out for the run once the girls and little boy got up and things got busy. End result: no energy for the fartlek plan. I got some decent speedups in, but I could not sustain it for any length of time. OK, no energy, on the one hand, and the HILLS in North Saint Louis County are crazy. Hills (up or down) made up 60% of the run and the average grade was 4% with some as high as 12% or descents at -11%. Getting speedwork in under these conditions is tough on a flatland, Chicago boy like me. The downhills pound the knees and hips and the uphills kick my ass. That said, I should come train here to build up some serious conditioning (especially in the summers where the heat and humidity will make you tough if they don't kill you). I have my concerns about the weight of the populace in StL overall---but those who workout here must be absolute monsters. The elevation scale is below.


Anyway, too much Christmas food, rolling hills, bad breakfast, etc.---all reasons why this run went like crap, but they can't all be peaches and cream. I think too that we are honestly at the point with this where it is like sex: even when it is bad, it is really, really good. Hoping the left knee is healing up---it continues to feel subpar and I am noticing that my right hip is acting up from favoring the left knee.