Newton Pool Run

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The name of this run is a bit of a misnomer. We didn't actually run IN the Newton pool, more like dropped KK's kids off at their swim practice then ran FROM the pool.

Today was cooler (70's) than the past few weeks.  Nice light breezes followed us thru the center of Newton on our loudest, busiest road run in a long time!  Lots of cars, some people, kinda weird people, all kinds, and a strategically placed rogue brownie that, thank goodness, KK warned me of in time because it could have been messy.

Lots of recapping from the last 24 hours we hadn't really talked.  I love that our runs are therapy and that when we're done running we can still talk and talk and talk : )

 We are trying to get in the race mode for Running with the Devil coming up in less than 2 weeks.  Hopefully some of these heat and hill runs we're doing is preparing us both mentally and physically.

Winding Hill Repeats

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This was our brain child of a workout this morning. We decided that we need to focus on hills more because of the upcoming Running with the Devil race in less than 2 weeks.  Since I live on the top of a hill that has 2 hills leading up to it, we figured it would be a great workout.  Great was an understatement!

So the plan was to start at the bottom of one side of Winding Hill Rd and run up Pleasant Valley drive, turn onto my street and run to the driveway edge.  Then walk down to the start point (another really steep side of the hill) and then run back up in the opposite direction. This is one set.  Our goal was to do 6 sets of 2.  Apparently mother nature didn't get my TPS report requesting a cooler morning (probably because there was no cover sheet on it, get it, Office Space reference. never mind : ) and by the end of the first LAP we were sweating like we were in an oven!!

On our way up the backside of the hill, the much steeper backside,  my neighbor, whom has a key eye for the obvious, says something to the effect of "Wow, what are you girls doing? We don't see many runners coming UP this hill".  Thanks Capt. Obvious. I'm your neighbor, only runner on the street, and no shit, I've never done a hill workout on this road before.  All types, right?

Anyway, we finished about 10 lbs lighter from all the sweat but it was a great workout.  I'm pretty sure that we'll do it again before the race.


LATER THAT EVENING:

Man oh man are my quads killing me!! Those hills did exactly what I was hoping they would do; kick my butt, literally!!