13 hills & Blogger issues

I joined a handful of friends tonight to run some hills. It has been a long time since I've done repeats. There's a good number of hills in most of my runs and our coach always includes a few doozies in our long runs, but repeats are a whole other ball game.

We set out on a 3K warm-up (which was also hilly!) before arriving at The Hill. It was very short, but very steep. And we were off! We all ran at our own pace, tackling the repeats one at a time. Some walked down the hills to recover, but I preferred to maintain a slow jog.

The goal was 12 repeats and I decided to pause briefly at the top after each four for a few sips of water. This helped break it up and I found that I was ticking them off one by one without any problem. Yes, I was tired, but seeing my friends on all the ups and downs (and giving each other a little cheer) really helped keep my mind off it.

Soon enough, I had finished 12! As I was resting at the top, someone somehow convinced me to run one more while waiting for the others. At first I thought, no way... but before I knew it, there I was jogging to the bottom of the hill for some more punishment.

13 done! What a workout.

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Some time this afternoon, Blogger seems to have wiped out my entire reading list. This has happened before, but I can usually get it back after refreshing. Not today. Sooo frustrating. Apparently I'm not the only one. I just hope I get my blogs back soon!