| Re: Tuesday Chit 08/31/10 |
Subject: Re: Tuesday Chit 08/31/10 by Matatk on 2010/8/31 22:03:09 Well, I made it to the forest preserve for my run. The course is 8.1 miles, and was horrible. Hooooorible. It starts out nice, then when you get to about the 4th mile, there is an enormous hill that is about a 60* slope and 200 ft long....I hated it. So then do another 1/2 mile and run downhill...sounds easy but it's not. You have to try not to fall down. Then another mile later is another hill....ugh. The trail itself is a mix of compact dirt, crushed gravel, mud, and horse poop...and the areas that the water washed away are little ravines you have to watch out for with jagged rocks in between. Seriously, it was not pleasant. But my time was very good, at least for my goal, 1:13:32. I was happy with that. But I think I'll stick with road courses for the rest of my long runs. After the run, we took Samantha on the El to downtown. She loved riding the train. We walked around a bit, did some shopping and ate, then came back. She wanted to do it all again and was screaming for it when we drove away. Lol. Another time. Matthew |
