I heart hills...

So, today we did hills..

This is the firs time I've done hill training. We ran for about 2.5K to the hill location and then did 4 times up, 3 times down.

Here's a picture of my heart rate monitor readout along with the elevation. You can see 4 distinct peaks - that's when I was running up the hill...



It was definitely challenging - and I am looking forward to getting stronger on the hills.

I really can't say enough about the great group of people that I am running with. The encouragement, camaraderie - it makes the training so much better.

Apparently we do more and more hills as time goes on - 4 times up today, then 6, 8, 10, 12... lots of fun! But this is where we get stronger.

"Hills are terrific for running.” Bill Rodgers