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Hills? Sort of?

August 27, 2019 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
I took AnSo, Abby, Arya, Annie, Amelia and some girls whose names begin with other letters out from Ft. Bayard where we'd warmed up to do a hill workout around Westmoreland Hills. I managed to incorporate both Andy Garin and John Bierstekers parents homes into the run. I aimed to include 5-6 serious hills and I figured the slopes from Western Ave down to Little Falls creek would be a good place to find them. Alas, I kept getting us stuck in rather flat areas and we went along time without any good hills. Moreover, the run was getting pretty long compared to the 35 minutes we were aiming for, so I had to pass up some good hills that were only a few blocks away but took us in the wrong direction. In the end we worked in one really sweet 1-2 minute hill up Duvall Street to Westmoreland Circle, two reasonably-steep half-minute hills, and two fake hills which were really just 1-2 block long gradual slopes as we made our way up Brandywine and Davenport streets back to school.

Still, I think the girls got in a decent workout and given last week's heavy training and yesterday's longish run, probably bettter not to push them too much. I'm frustrated by how the route turned out, but thrilled with how the girls pushed themselves and stuck together as a pack.

Oh, and Amelia joined the intensity club today. In a big way.