Laps of Withrow Park

Since Owen's baseball practice was cancelled due to the weather my plans to run some hills at High Park went out the window. Instead, I decided that hills should still be the order of the day and I picked Withrow Park as my destination in the evening. As I listened to the Yankees broadcast while they played the Jays just down the road (I and NOT a Yankee fan, but their play-by-play on the radio is very entertaining so I tend to check it out often) I trotted around the park.

Things went pretty well and I didn't feel all that taxed. I'm sure hills will help, but I'm curious if running them slowly is beneficial. I'll have to give it a chance I guess.

The hill up Logan Avenue on the West side of the park is not all that steep or long (about 350m by my calculations), but I ran the loop a total of eight times before heading home. The total on the day was the desired 15km and I managed it in 1:18:46 for an average pace of 5:14/km (8:26/mile). Not speedy, but a bit hilly. I'm still recovering from that nasty cold that hit me over the weekend so this was a definite step forward.

The elevation profile looked like this: