Forrest and I decided to try a different route today and ended up running about 5 minutes along a mostly level route then 15 minutes that was all uphill. The lack of oxygen was real clear as I headed uphill gasping for more oxygen all the way. At 20 minutes we turned around and ran the 16 miles back to our hotel. It got a little easier toward the end of the run (maybe because it was downhill) so maybe there is hope for tomorrow when I go trail running with my Colorado-native friend.
I figure we were running at about a 12 minute mile pace but my lungs felt like I was running at something under a 9 minute mile pace. Of course the real problem may be the cool, clean air that I am breathing here rather than the humid, polluted air of Georgia. Either way this has been an interesting experiment.
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