Lost on Prune Hill

Sunday was a day off for me. So I took a nice long run in the morning. I decided to use this opportunity to explore the top of "Prune Hill." I have some out and back runs that I do there occasionally but I was trying to make a loop by starting up the hill and coming down to the Heritage trail that I usually run on my long days. I got a little lost in the neighborhoods a couple of times but made a nice loop around the hill and the views of Portland and the Columbia river from the top were fantastic to behold. Eventually I made my way to the golf course and back to the trail. By the time I hit the trail I had done 8 miles and from that point I knew that I was 4 miles from home. Perfect! As 12 miles was my goal for the day. Even with the getting lost and extra hills I was happy with the pace. I finished the 12 in 1:49 or 9:04/mile according to Garmin. I was really happy with the pace as I felt like it was slower, so my "slow" is actually faster than I thought. I have hope yet that I can break 4:00 in the marathon in October.

I will be in Ellensburg at Lazy F camp most of this week. Opportunity for some serious hill training, but really I will be happy just to get in some decent runs.