The weather has improved enough so that, for the last two weeks, I have been able to run outside and also sneak in a few walks with Mr. Jake. He appreciates the good weather as much as I do!
Training for the upcoming half-marathons started this week and today was the speed workout. Since I don't have easy access to a track, I instead opted to run hills.
What was I thinking? Well, hmmm....a friend who is a runner and slightly older than me, has put up some pretty solid half-marathon times. She assures me that being diligent about hills will help my speed, so I'm trying it.
And besides, as hard as hills are, a track is tougher. My "wall," if you will, is long stretches of endless asphalt. A track fits into that category. So while hills may be tougher physically, for me, a track workout is much tougher mentally. Perhaps even tougher than the dreadmill.
Today's hills were not awful, but would have been better had I not walked 2 miles on Saturday, run 4 miles and walked 3 miles on Sunday, and done a leg weight and squat workout on Monday. Ah well.
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