my new nemesis.
oh my god. my legs. my LEGS. they wont stop shaking. like jello. much like jello my legs are and my arms. why are my ARMS sore? its as though all energy has been drained from my body, and its a struggle to move my fingers enough just to type.
let me just breakdown my run for ya...
0-0.5 mi .... so. doin' hill repeats today. up and down, up and down.. thats kinda cool? very runnery of me... i'm so runnery. just... running. hills. it'll be fun! yeah! right... okay. so. here we are...
uphill #1... buh buh buh... jesus rocks!!.. nice. lil Kanye. i can dig it. cuz i'm running. i'm STRONG. i am woman! ROAR! up the hill. up the.. hill. wow this is a long hill. okay. up.
haHAAAAAA!! i did it! i conquer all! i. whew. okay. and so back down......
uphill #2... cha-cha-cha... ricky MARTIN!!! lets run this HILL!!! ooh-ooh...i am RUNNING! up a HILL!! i am.. oh god. okay. up UP. this is... this is a little harder than last time. but.. okay..
WHEW! i'm UP! i'm... UP! oh gawd i'm no where near done i hate you ricky martin.
ooookay. down....
uphill #3... i'm... running.. up a hill. this is.. huhhhhhhhh. this is hard. this is not turning out to be as easy as i'd hoped.. i am still. running. up this HILL. i'm never getting to the top..
okay. ooookay. few walked steps up. we're okay. still counts. i'm UP! HOOrahOHmygod can't breathe. whew... just. turn around and walk down the hill. just.. slow. walk slow....
uphill #4.. i can't breathe. officially.. the breathing? not so much with the in... lots of out.. not so much with in. i am only half way up. i am... barely running up this hill. i. can. doooooo. it. chugga chugga... chuhhh... is it supposed to be this hard to breathe? this can't be right? am i allowed to rest between runs? maybe i can rest. resting.. its not cheating and if i can... get to the top...
god i'm almost to the top... oh i hate this.
back down....
uphill #5... i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this. i hate this...
I CANNOT BREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEATHE!!!!..... *sigh*.
back down.
between hill number 2 and number 6, the music was just a back-drop to my inner dialog. it was still going, and thats great and all, but i wasn't paying attention to it... until.....
CRAZY in LOVE... beyonce....downhill #5 and uphill #6....i love this song. i love this song. i will run up the next hill because i love this song. it will motivate me to make it all the way up without those few extra walking steps. i. can DO this.
i.. hate this song. i hate it. i hate beyonce. stupid song. stupid video. oooh yeah beyonce's so sexy. WELL!! i'd be sexy too if i had a team of sexy-ifiers around me! i'd be BETTER than sexy.. i'd be... whatever is better than sexy. UBER-sexy.
god this hill sucks.
back down...
uphill #7, 8, 9... i'm doing this. i dont care how hard it is. i am DOING. THIS.
hah...yeah i am sooooo walking a bit at the top cuz that just aint gunna happen.
up. down. up. down. up. down.
uphill #10....last one. i do this and i've done it. i'm doing it... i'm running< running... running... i get closer to the top and i start running a little faster... faster...ooooh stop going fast can't breathe. can't breathe so close.. do i stop to breathe or sprint to finish?
oh hell, lets get this over with............
and just like that, in very Rocky style... i did it. and i raised my arms.. for a second...
and collapsed. cuz that shit was HARD!!!
Comments
DATE: 5:21 AM
I HATE HILLS!!!!I feel the same when Im doing them. On the way down I forget how hard it is to go back up!10 repeats!! 3 cheers!-EJM
Posted by: Anonymous | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 6:36 AM
10 repeats!!! Wow you do know how to jump right into things. I have hills on my schedule in a few weeks.....lets just say they don't start with 10 repeats (thank goodness) I have the hill all picked out. As it says in the Rocky Theme, "Getting Stronger"
Posted by: Bob | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 7:32 AM
You crack me up... music can be so motivating at times but then there are those other times when your favourite song is playing and you can't even hear it much less sing along it's also the point where I have difficulty breathing too. You doing great keep it up.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 9:15 AM
Kick Ass Woman!! Great job. That's an amazing workout. Please keep us posted on how long it takes for your legs to feel normal again so we don't run out and do anything quite as crazy...
Posted by: Spence | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 3:14 PM
i'm very impressed with your determination/craziness. way to go!
Posted by: Katie | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 3:39 PM
brave girl! lucky for me, there are no hills in chicago.unlucky for me, i thought it'd be brilliant to climb up to the top of the hancock building via stairs (stupid.stupid.stupid idea).I'd much rather be tackling hills with you.Go Jayhawks!!!!!
Posted by: Running Jayhawk | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 4:18 PM
Move to San Francisco! Move to San Francisco! Move to San Francisco!You know you want to! :)
Posted by: Nic | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 4:55 PM
she's baaaacccckkkk! holy cow. I thought i was gonna have a heart attack. I kept thinking "Now, this has GOT to be the last hill." Probably much like you were thinking. But no. They just kept on'a comin'.Maybe I'll try hill repeats someday. When you can pry my cold dead body into standing position.
Posted by: jeanne | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 5:17 PM
Don't you feel so strong and self-inspirational when you tackle a big-ass hill??"Canned Heat" by Jamiroquai is this week's running song.
Posted by: RunningErin | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 6:03 PM
Congrats on grinding out those hill repeats. They are hard, but they will pay off later. You rock!
Posted by: walchka | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 10:20 PM
Wow..the determination! Very well done! I know a few other hills if you are bored with those 10..they are called dunes..lol
Posted by: Remco | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 10:37 PM
Rocky is a wimp in comparision, you rock! Keep up the good work! Pain is only an expression of your love for running!
Posted by: Jack | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM
DATE: 11:26 PM
awesome job girl! I wish I didn't live in flat land so I could do a workout like this. Sounds terribly hard but I bet it's also terribly effective. nicely done.
Posted by: LeahC | July 4, 2006 08:02 PM