Mt. Soledad

The View From the Top during my Run

I did a "workout" up Mt. Soledad tonight and it went fairly well.  I never really know how this run goes but I always know it hurts!  The idea is to warm up for the first few miles and then pretty much run until it is uncomfortable to the top.  I wore my Garmin today to get a measure on a new loop from our apartment and it measured 10.07 which is perfect.  I use a program called SportTracks to keep track of mileage.  I have been REALLY bad about keeping my log going on days that I don't use the Garmin, which is most days.  I only wear it on runs I don't know, runs I want to know pace for and most long runs.  Luckily keeping this blog has given me a place to go back to later and re-record my miles in to my SportTracks file.  SportTracks is a shareware type deal and I think it is really great if you have a Garmin or similar piece of equipment because you can get all cool types of charts, maps, etc. with it.  I have tried out a few different programs for keeping GPS info in and this is by far my favorite, so I'd check it out if you don't already use it.

Anyways, to give you an idea of what my workout was like I thought I'd post a chart of the run up on the blog.  This chart shows elevation and pace.  I think the elevation may be slightly off because the top of Mt. Soledad is supposedly 822ft. and my Garmin only read it as 777ft, so who knows.  Well here goes, I think it is fun to see this kind of stuff and I'll try and show other runs at some point as well.  Enjoy!