Hills in July and hills this morning

I dropped off my registration for the Afton 50K in the mail this morning. It's a bit scary since last year the Afton 25K wore me out. I can always drop back to the 25K before race day but I'll be training for the 50K.

This morning a friend and I talked each other into doing some hills. I had planned to do some speed work today. We ran down to the West River Parkway over the Ford Bridge and ran the Locks and Dam #1 hill six times. That workout showed me that I have some work to do. I definitely have room for improvement. Next week will run the same hill eight times. Now that the snow is pretty much gone in the area (until tonight - ugh) I can do more of my running outside.

--Mark