Heart of the Heights (recap)

Distance: 12.1 miles
Max personal HR: 171
Average personal HR: 141
Calories Burned: 1526

Definitely a smaller group tonight with Bill on a business trip, Eddie celebrating his birthday, Kurt out on a job, and a few others unable to attend. We had our first girl attend, however. Laura, our sister, decided to join us for a loop and she was a welcome addition.

Weather was fair, with the rain thankfully letting up prior to our start. We explored some potential 5k routes for a race my church, Mount of Olives Baptist, would like me to coordinate as part of their Festival in the Heights in August. It seems like we have some good options.

Having grown up in the Heights, I was familiar with many of the streets, but had never run them. It is amazing to see them from this new perspective. We explored two trail systems I had not spent much or any time in previously. The first is located on the church property. The second is around Page St. The latter leads to a pond and has many wet sections, but would be very fun to explore in more depth when it hasn't recently rained.

Laura did an amazing job pushing herself generally and plowing up hills. I haven't run with her in a while and it is fun to see how she is getting ready for some upcoming races, including Grandma's Half.

Speaking of Grandma's, Greg will be charting our route for next week, so be prepared! He is getting us back on a marathon training schedule, so I expect that we'll be logging even more miles next Tuesday. Don't worry, however, I'm sure we'll try to incorporate a loop or two to allow participants to select a distance that aligns with their goals. I hope my legs are up for the challenge, because I felt pretty washed out last night.