p.i.a.

i should be thankful.

thankful that i live on a hill. so that no matter what route i take from my house, i will have to face a hill. good for my legs, my butt, my lungs. yeah, yeah, whatever. the hill back up to my house plagued me the entire 5 miles today. i couldn't stop thinking about the hill i'd have to surmount during my last mile. which of course makes for a yucky run. but i got through it, even though i had to stop to stretch my tight left calf about 3 times.

i even surprised myself by getting back in just under an hour, which beats my time last week by a full 5 minutes. which in my opinion is a great pace for someone who's not used to keeping pace without a treadmill.

so i guess i can say i broke even on this run. it wasn't fun or easy, but sometimes a good run is a run that's just done.