Holy Crap That Was Tiring!

I knew going into it this morning that it was gonna be tough. Although our schedule said 4 miles, coach had told me on Wednesday that we'd be doing hills. So it was with a great deal of apprehension that I drove to Normandale Lake for our run.

What I didn't know, and what no one knew, is that not only would it be hills, it would be the most horrifyingly terribly tiring hill in the world.

And the schedule wasn't completely wrong. We DID run 4 miles. However, that 4 miles didn't take into account the hill training. And we had to run up that hill (and down again, obviously) 3 times. And that added on extra distance - 3 EXTRA MILES, half of which was UPHILL. Did I mention that the hill was steep? The sign said 9% grade, which meant nothing to me, but when I told Kyle after I'd gotten home, he told me that when he was driving in the mountains with his sister years ago it was like 7-8%. SO IT WAS REALLY STEEP.

Man that was tiring. My calves are feeling it, definitely.