Work it Out Wednesday

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Well today was a new milestone -- I did more hills than planned. I've never done that or wanted to do that. Honestly, I didn't really want to but I had extra time and I new I could do it so at this point, why not right? We go to this hill called "Marathon Hill" to do our hill training, it's long, winding, and brutal. I could probably think of a million excuses not to do hill training but I know it works so I go and I'm not happy till it's over. It's hard and I'm not sure it ever gets easier.

I took this picture at the bottom of the hill (keep in mind it turns twice after this), I'd say it's a 1/2km up, maybe some of my RR buddies know the actual distance?
 














I took this picture at the top looking down. It's always satisfying to reach the top, mostly when it's the last repeat.


I'm glad I did the hills tonight, hopefully it pays off during Mile 3 of the NYC Half, the area know as "Harlem Hills". During this weekend's race (Golden Ears Half) I will also encounter a long SLOW incline going over a local bridge. Hills are just part of a runner's regime, I have a love/hate relationship with them but I will keep at it.

This was somewhere between hill 3 and 6

Following hill training I headed off to Equilibria for my training session. It was a good one and I feel like I will be sore tomorrow. I had a little bit of a fall when I was doing the "running man" on two bosu balls... not my decision mind you. I rolled my ankle but I think it will be okay, I decided to ice it just to be safe:

I finished off my evening with a dinner of a turkey sandwich and of course a small glass of chocolate milk! Unfortunately with all the running, training, and baking something had to slide, this week it was the laundry so I will get after that tomorrow... I hope. Also coming up later this week is a post about my upcoming trip to New York City with my sister!