Day 109 hill workout

Had a good workout today. Alternating with the Long Slow Distance runs, this was to be 3 miles today but we did our neighbourhood friendly hill 4 times. Will post a picture soon.

So we walked downhill, slowly and then turned around -1st time was a disaster, I could barely take more than a 100 steps, if that, and was so out of breath, it felt there were two strong hands on my shoulders pushing me down. I didnt time the whole hill but I am pretty sure it must have been very slow, pushed to complete it from tree to tree.
Going up the 2nd and 3rd times was slightly easier but we did not run the whole length of the hill, the 4th time we simply walked and that felt much better. the best feeling was coming down the hill, it felt as if i was rolling down like a cottonball.

The San Fransisco route has upto 3 hills and apparently from the various race reports its a mile long. So we have to keep doing this workout to have an easier time during the race- even if walk the hill we should feel strong at the end of it- today I could have easily collapsed at the end of the session if I had a plce to collapse onto.

8 miles next Saturday.Looking forward to it.

And I bought new shoes- New Balance, womens running 404. I am a New Balance fan ever since I saw they have the wide widths. My other ones are 409s.