Day 9: LSR 3

Saturday was the sixth day of running this week.  The initial shock of running more frequently has worn off a bit, my legs do not feel as tired when I first wake up.  I have to ease into every run but after a mile or two, the legs feel ok.  Decided to multitask yesterday, did my LSR in Rancho Santa Margarita while I was having my car serviced.  Pros: got two things done at the same time.  Cons: had to run at 10 AM with the sun beating down and the mercury over 70 degrees.  RSM has some nice areas to run, I took a trail called "Live Oak Trail" which ran alongside part of O'Neill Regional Park.  The path had a slight incline, but as the garmin data shows, I ended up gaining 400 feet in elevation.  What goes up, must come down, so I was able to hit a pretty decent pace coming back.

	MILES	TIME	PACE
TOTAL	5.4	0:50:29	09:25
Lap 1	1.0	09:31	09:31
Lap 2	1.0	09:49	09:49
Lap 3	1.0	09:26	09:26
Lap 4	1.0	09:17	09:17
Lap 5	1.0	09:08	09:08
Lap 6	0.4	03:17	09:07

Here's the garmin data:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/204044885

It felt good to do some uphill running.  I would like to include hill running on at least one of the LSRs each weekend to build leg strength.

Logged 25.5 miles this week, starting to find a groove just as I'm leaving on 3 trips in the next two weeks.  I'm hoping this interruption is early enough in the plan that I can maintain fitness on a treadmill without losing too much of the training momentum I've gained.