Time: 24:25
Distance: 2.44 miles
Location: Top of Yucca Loma Rd.
Day 2 of MiCoach training! I can already tell this MiCoach device is working. I know that I would not have run yesterday nor today had it not been for my new contraption that measures my distance, pace, speed, etc. Yesterday was a small warm-up run, but today I needed to push it a bit more. I'm following a pre-made 5K training plan I found on the MiCoach webpage. I needed 25 minutes of running tonight, so that's just what I did.
It was a pleasant evening after a warm day in the 90s. There was a gentle breeze (the increase in windiness lately an indication that summer is winding down), and the daylight was slowly fading. I set out on the Yucca Loma run, which takes me up a slow and gradual hill heading east of Apple Valley Rd. At the top of the hill I turned and headed back down. The view, like usual on this run, was beautiful: the San Gabriels' silhouette starkly prominent on the horizon, the lights of the desert valleys glistening as the light receded. Running uphill was a struggle, but the run down was a pure breeze, a genuine delight. When I got back home I synced my Speed Cell (the actual device that is in my shoe) to the MiCoach website and viewed my stats. I burned over 300 calories, but my pace was rather slow -- a 10:01/mile. This was probably due to the slow pace going uphill. I'm excited to be running at this time of year, a rare thing. The weather should be cooling in a matter of weeks, and I can't wait!
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