21.29 miles, 3:14:11 9:07 ave. This was an out and back from home, but a lot of hills. I turned around and the high point of the run which was 5223 feet. The low point of the run was 4239 feet, so that's about a 1000 foot gain over eleven miles. Almost all of the elevation gain was over about a 6 mile stretch from 4.5 miles to 11. I chose hills today because of the wind. I don't care much about my pace when I'm climbing. The wind was not as bad as I thought it would be. There were some pockets of calmness which was unexpected. My route started at the valley floor, up Victory Road to 500 North (road north of the Capitol) loop behind Capitol over to 11th, 11th turns into Poperton and at the top of Poperton is a neighborhood that I weave through (steep climb) to get to the base of the U on the mountain. Turn around and come home. Got my 100 plus week in. I'm thinking of doing another 100 miles next week and this will be the last one for this training cycle. 30 days to Boston! | 