Today is Sunday, so of course it was a running day. I mapped out my 6.75 mile hill run - familiar and comfortable territory starting at the Grand Central Fred Meyer, up Grand, down 18th, up Brandt, down Mill Plain to what is now "where the library used to be" as of yesterday. Then down Fort Vancouver Way, through the barracks "established 1849," to the Fort Vancouver replica, through the apple orchard to the Land Bridge. Down the Renaissance Trail to where I can cross under the railroad dike to get back to Columbia House Way and to Fred Meyer. One of the freight trains was pulling out as I ran by, so that slow but cranking up rhythm was great to run along to.Besides really enjoying this run (taking two rest days back to back undoubtedly upped my enthusiasm), today was the day I finally made it all the way up the Brandt Road hill, from 18th Street to Mill Plain. It isn't that it is so terribly steep, but I did check on mapmyrun.com and learned that it is 1/2 mile of steady incline - most of my other hills are up and then level off for a bit before they incline again.
Rained the whole time, but it wasn't cold out, so it was somewhat like running through a sprinkler - not a bad environment for "a woman of a certain age."
Although I could start an office pool to bet on what day my shoes might possibly dry out, I admit the kid in me enjoyed stomping through some of the puddles!
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