Head for Zee Hills

A cool, extremely blustery evening yesterday. I got out the door around 6:15 for 8-10 miles with some hills. After a 20 minute warm-up, in which I really wasn't feeling to smooth but good enough, I came to the bottom of the hill where Wolcott Street meets Valley Green Drive. From now on I'll just refer to it as "Wolcott Hill". My last time here I ran 7 repeats from the electric pole to the 805 mailbox post in 30 seconds, this time I was shooting for 8.

The first one was more difficult than I remember and came in at exactly 30 secs. The second one was a little easier and after that I just hammered them out. Like I said, they are not extremely difficult but I definitely felt like I had put in a workout after 8 reps in 16 minutes. Each repeat was 29-30 secs.

The fun thing about working out in this location is that after you complete the set you then have to run up a 1/2 mile long hill. This hill goes slowly but after that I settled into a comfortable pace and continued on my loop. I wish I could say the rest of the run was uneventful but I started to feel a little distress in my lower abdomen with about 3 miles to go. My rational mind was telling me to heed the warning signs and cut the run short. Just a simple left turn and I could be home in 6 minutes. My runners mind was telling me that I had to complete this loop or else I would burn in the fires of hell for being a wuss. (This is what I get for guzzling 10 oz of strong coffee before the run. I must learn from these errors and not repeat them in the future.)

I of course made the wrong decision and continued on my way thinking "How bad could it get, I am nearly done?" A mile later I as forced to walk. These walking breaks increased in regularity until I was forced to stroll the last 1/4 mile home. It wasn't a fun stroll.

9 miles in 72 minutes.