Ugh. Whatever.
I was super stoked to hit the track this morning and do my 3 miler as speed work! I took my Little Buddy to pre school and texted Jessica. Usually when I hit the track she joins me and we can kind of run together. I was lacing up my shoes to run to the track and she beat me there. This is what she found:
Oh $@#$ %#@ ^%^&$%# @%#%# %#%^ #@! ^&* !!@#! July? Great. Fine. That’s just awesome.
Yep, that was my explicatives…it was actually more like, “Poo. What now?” We decided to head to Ruston Way and do a walk/jog. We ended up going 2.54 miles and had a great time just chatting. She had to head to work and straight up left me there…about 4 miles from home. What a friend. Sheeesh. Ok, so really I had told her I would just run home and she could go on.
From Ruston I have two route choices that lead home: 1) Run seriously straight up for about 3/4 a mile or 2) run a little less than straight up, but still seriously up for about 1 mile. I chose to run a little less than straight up for longer. Either way, either hill is seriously killer. Today is the FIRST time I conquered that hill! This is the hill where the guy threatened to take me back down to the bottom for trying to catch a ride up (read about it HERE) then yelled, “Enjoy!” as he drove off. But today, today I owned that hill! I ran the whole way up! Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to stop or crawl or cry but I didn’t. I kept on going. So my time was not the fastest but I ran the entire hill and didn’t stop at the top either. I am feeling stronger as a runner and that is a good feeling!
Here is the elevation chart:
Here is a little gem for you from the Green River Marathon Sat:
Today I am grateful for:
A phone call about a job interview from a place I applied to in March! What? I had given up on this one!! Not sure if it is the best option now but either way, I’ll interview and go from there!
The Second Amendment…and yes, I exercise this right.
Good luck with that job interview.
ReplyDeleteGood job on that hill!! All your hard training is paying off - awesome :)
ReplyDeleteNice job with that hill!
ReplyDeleteYep LOVE LOVE that picture.. Embrace the hills they WILL make you stronger...
ReplyDeleteGood to know about the track. I'll switch to the one near work for the next few sessions. Thanks for the heads up. Good luck on the 'view.
ReplyDeleteyour pic is awesome! strong and lean! way to beat that hill!
ReplyDeleteWay to attack that hill! Love that pic, too. :)
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe you ran that hill, now it makes me want to run it...we should do it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great picture of you at the Green River Marathon...Nice.
1) Best race picture I've seen in a LONG time.
ReplyDelete2) I bet I know which hills you are talking about, and girl you crazy. BUT AMAZING!
I see how it is I drag my butt out of bed and you accuse me of abandoning you!! So tomorrow at TC? Call me wait scratch that I will call you when I'm awake!
ReplyDeleteUgg that sucks that the track is closed! that happened to me two years ago and it totally stinks! Great job on running the hill!
ReplyDeleteGreat picture... you look so strong. Good luck at the interview.
ReplyDeletewow awesome pic! You look really strong!
ReplyDeleteWay to take that hill!!
ReplyDeleteWay to own that hill!
ReplyDeleteYou made lemonade out of lemons!
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