Back-to-Back 10-Milers and for Tonight Repeats up a Steep 50' Hill

This run would've been a quick 'n easy 3-miler; however, I decided to throw this hill at myself. If you look at the elevation chart below, at about 3/4 of a mile I ascended up the hill. Then at almost exactly 1-mile I made my descent and it seems a TON steeper running down! Before I knew it, I was zig-zagging down the hill like a skier! When I made it down, I stretched my legs out by running a few extra feet and then doubled back up to the top! On a normal run this hill doesn't break me, but after back-to-back 10-milers, the legs were burning! If you look at the mile splits you'll see this hill really slowed up my 2nd mile. Hell of a day for a run, at 38° who can complain? Gotta run, Chris P.S. The elevation change is 50' for this hill; trust me it's much longer than 50'! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 874 ft Location: Stoughton, WI Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 02/18/10 Up/Downhill: [+219/-219] Time: 4:15 PM Difficulty: 2.8 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 38 F temp; 37% humidity 38 F heat index; winds NW1 Performance Distance: 3.26 miles Time: 0:26:36 Speed: 7.4 mph Pace: 8' 09 /mi Calories: 465 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 7' 56 -0' 13 7.5 +0.2 +23 ft 2 8' 37 +0' 28 7.0 -0.4 -7 ft 3 7' 48 -0' 21 7.7 +0.3 -33 ft end 8' 32 +0' 23 7.0 -0.3 +16 ft Versus average of 8' 09 min/mile

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