Don't be fooled this is the serious incline of Sawyer's Hill
Especially if the route includes a hill.
I've attempted two hill sessions so far this week and I full-out-sucked at both of them :-(( I reeeeeeally wish I was exaggerating for once ;-))
Last night was a learn to run session based around the hill in Battersea Park. This was the death scene to my current running love affair: I got the worst throbbing headache just as I commenced running with the girls last night and my good mood evaporated immediately as well as any desire to run anywhere. But since the session lasts an hour and my stuff was locked in the boot of the Trainer's car - For good or bad I persevered. But oh to have been struck down.
Tonight I was hill running with AJ in Richmond: This proved to be the burial ground to my running love affair. Both AJ and I had forgotten how long and hideous Sawyer's Hill is. Last time I ran this - during a 10km race no less - I actually hallucinated that my only get out would be if I was clubbed over the head with a spade. Totally random but tonight I recalled that exact feeling. Let's just say we selected a steep 100m section and played hill tag 10 times each. Still horrendous, still couldn't breathe even slightly but I'm starting to get that gluteus maximus muscle pain that I'm always hankering after.
I realised tonight that the biggest obstacle isn't the hills but the fact that I've gotten lazy and my fitness has dropped. MASSIVELY. I haven't power walked anywhere since I completed the Moonwalk 10 days ago and my lungs intuitively know what I sometimes forget - that there will never be a finish line when it comes to my own personal fitness if I want to be able to run 10km or more. The last couple of days have been a painful, breathless wake up call.
Time to get real. Time to get back with the daily exercise regime. Time to get with the Mission.
*Quoted from Nike Women FB status 25th May 2011
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