My calves were still dying from Saturday, but I still wanted to get in some tempo. It looked warm outside, so I wore shorts, but sometimes there ended up being a cold headwind. After warming up a mile, I went up Smithfield Canyon tempo. I thought that if I went up to the 5 mile turn around, maybe I would get in more tempo, which was kind of true. My first 2 miles were good 1) 6:08 (super downhill) and 2) 6:48 (slight uphill). I continued up the next half mile. I didn't realize how gradual the uphill was, but it continued to get steeper. That half mile was a 3:27. I then took a 31 second break, and went back down. The downhill was really nice and the half mile ended up being a 2:57. I finished one more mile because my calves were burning. The last mile was a 6:26. The total time (including the break) was a 26:20 which I'm happy with. I then cooled down REALLY slowly home. It was good. I was hoping to run more, but I was cold and sore.
Instead of running more, I went night skiing up at Cherry Peak with my mom and brother. It was super fun. I need to get my skiing legs back, though. Around 10:30pm, I decided to do a fairly hard core workout which went well.
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