Time: 8am
Where: 1-mi warm up on B-G, then to Green Lake via Ravenna, around GL and back via 65th
Workout: 9.11 miles, LSD. 1:30.57
Notes and observations: At the eighth mile is a nice lengthy hill. I had expected to have to stop and walk a couple blocks. Until some 20something girl showed up at the same intersection, dressed to display her assets, not for exercise. That annoyed me. I thought she was headed in the opposite direction, so imagine my surprise when I saw her gearing up to climb the same hill. She was on the other side of the street, and in her half shirt and short shorts, running with arms flailing and um endowments bouncing. She cooly trotted up the hill slightly faster than me, and at that moment I decided it was on. I remained steady and soon we were near even. I stayed slow and steady, determined to make it up the hill. I saw her take a left a few blocks into the climb and in the corner of my eye I saw her stop and start walking, hands on her hips. For all i know her house was at the corner of the block but it didnt stop me from thinking i won some small victory. I couldn’t help but smile, and I climbed the rest of the hill. Stick it, half-shirt girl!
Music: foo fighters, on shuffle. The Pretender flipped on with less than a mile to go which led to a strong finish.