This. was. horrible. Horrible horrible torturous horrible. Back-up a step, it started out great! Beautiful day on the Oregon coast, didn't get out as early as I'd like (8am) and it did get quite warm (to me) by 11am. Went on Jetty and beach back roads down past the mall, then crossed and came back and went out at the mall to East Devil's Lake road. That was nice. Hilly, but nice. Secluded and really hill, but nice. Went almost to the KOA at 101, did an extra loop at Sand Point park. Did I mention the hills? It was rolling hills continually at best, with a few nasty death-defyers at times. Then turned around and came back since I don't have a death wish and therefore won't be running on that section of 101. Came back to house up past casino and hopped barrier into fancy secluded neighborhood. Ran on the beach for about half a mile before I realized what a horrible idea that was.
So after all those hills, by 14 my legs were thrashed. Felt like I'd run 100 miles. Did I mention by this time the north wind was blowing me backwards? So from 15 on was pure drudgery horrible-ness. I wanted to curl in a ball right there on the pavement and call my mom to come get me. Or just stay there forever. I wanted to cry the last mile. Am I getting my point across now? Total ascent was 2,300 ft. during this run. TT: 2:54:58 AP: 9:12 Splits: 9:39, 9:16, 9:39, 8:53, 9:08, 9:11, 9:02, 9:04, 9:00, 8:48, 9:18, 8:59, 9:02, 9:22, 8:42, 9:56 (walked for 30 seconds through the soft sand off the beach), 9:04, 9:13, 9:38 (walked up the last hill, I couldn't take it anymore!)
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