Little Miss Runner Pants

well, Stephanie was right... running your normal hilly route backwards (i.e. going up the downs and down the ups) kinda blows!

the route i have been doing the past week-ish is run, run, down a big hill, run run, up a big hill, run, run. so today, since i did it backwards, it was run, run, down, run run.... UP UP UP UP UP UP UP, run run.

apparently that first hill i normally run down is mega-ultra-super-duper-steep, something i dont really notice too much when i'm going down (its also really wind-y, so its deceiving)... but going up??? uhhhhh, yeah. holy MOTHER my hams were en fuego!!! i was all about running up it for a good, oh... two minutes, and then looked up and realized wow. i have like 72 more miles to go till i get to the top, i think i'm gunna walk. and even walking sucked. some dude was walking into some building and saw me barely walking and sucking air like it was my JOB and started laughing... if i'd've had the energy i'd've walloped him... but alas, i was barely able to manage breathing, so i just gave him my biggest baddest meanest glare and hoped that would suffice.

anyway, 3 years later i came to the top of the damn hill and ran/jogged/walked my way back to the gym.

whew. i still cant get over that hill.... but one things for sure, my arse is gunna be in tip-top shape if i keep this up!!