Sep 6, 2009

Fear of Heights

Wheezed by KBT |

What are you doing on Monday?
I’m running a 10K from the Galleria to Whitewater.
Oh, that has a lot of hills. Good luck!

Without fail. Every single person I’ve told I’m doing this 10K has responded the same way. Apparently, I’m the only one in town who doesn’t know that route is hilly.

I’ve made it a point during the past 9 weeks to actively avoid hills. I’ve driven to the flat neighborhood for my long runs and run farther simply to stay on flat streets rather than the short-but-uphill route home. Keep in mind, my definition of hills is something you’d allow a two-year-old to ride her Cozy Coupe down. Alone.

This is the elevation profile for one of my recent runs that was much hillier and more difficult than my norm:

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This is the profile for the Peachtree Road Race which I did in July. That’s “Cardiac Hill” there at the 3.5 mile mark:

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And this is profile for the race on Monday:

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Oh, I am in so much trouble.

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