Hills: everyone loves to hate them! I myself am no different, but as evil
as hills are I know that they will make me a stronger faster runner.
Every Friday for the about 8 weeks now I have picked out my favorite hill
in our Nation's Capitol, Capitol Hill. Ok maybe it's not my favorite hill (do
people even have favorite hills?) but it is the closest one to my house.
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| Capitol Before Sun Raise |
It takes me a little over a mile to make my way to the Capitol which is a
great warm up. Once there I either pick the Independence side to run up or the
Constitution side. Both offer the same great hill, but I like to switch it up so
I don't get board to death every Friday. Change of scenery is a good thing, even
if it's only a small change. The hill itself is on the shorter side, but it has
a nice incline so it definitely makes for a good workout.
Once on the Hill I usually do anywhere from 6-10 repeats. This can get
boring and it reminds me of swimming laps because it's easy to lose count and
you are just running up and down which = boring. Although I amuse myself by
thinking about who knows what and the time actually goes by pretty quickly.
I also get weird looks from the Capitol Police. I'm sure they are just jealous
because they have to stand there instead of running the same hill multiple times
or they just think I'm crazy.
As for my speed up hill, I still need to work on this. I am holding right
around a 8:50 -9 minute pace. I haven't seen much improvement on my pace since I
started these repeats. But, I do feel like they are getting easier, so I guess
that is something.
Anyhow, so if you see some girl running up and down Capitol Hill on Friday
morning come say hello and join in on the fun :)
Happy Friday All! Good luck to all those who are running the
RnR USA tomorrow.
I need to improve my downhill running skills. I tend to pass people on the way up and then they go flying back past me on the downhill. Seems like I am wasting energy...
ReplyDeleteHill repeats are the bomb!!! I love/hate them. There's a hill near my house and I have a benchmark workout that I've done on it for the past two years and it's neat to see progress (and fuel to work harder when I don't improve as much as I would've liked). Keep doing them, your legs will thank you at Mooseman!!
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