Hill repeats?! Ahh, no problem!

I finally remembered my password to blogger. I'm not used to using this site and have been lax in updating my training progress.

Well tonight, as the title suggests, I had hill repeats. The hill...that hill...was approximately 200 meters and, if you could imagine, was shaped like a flat "f" or the symbol from Heroes! You started out on a small incline and then suddenly the incline changed. It went up and up and broke and then went up some more!

Your (okay me) breathing hard and shallow, pumping your arms and keeping your knees high. You don't dare look up because to look up would be self destructive. You only keep your eyes on the ground or on the butt/back in front of you as you chase them down!

You reach the top and...the light comes out and shines down on you (oh I was dreaming for a moment, sorry)...you reach the top and you SUCK AIR! You try (okay I tried) to keep a light jog one around the hill top but you end up walking in order to get your breathing back to normal.

You run back down, again never looking ahead only at the grand or at the butt/back in front of you. Your form is different on the run down. You keep your hips slightly low and your barely try to touch the ground with your whole foot. You want to be fast and light until you realize the faster you go down the sooner you have to turn around and run back up!

It was FUN and even though everyone else is hating it as much as you do -- you can't help but notice the smiles and determination because we all are running for someone.

Tomorrow is a rest day - thank heaven! Saturday is a long run day. :D