I conquered the hill .... (not The Hill)

[I_will]

Did my 5K today and during it I managed to run the whole of the long slow hill, which I vowed I would one day conquer! I felt brilliant doing it - my frame of mind was just right. I knew I could do it and I just kept going. I met another runner coming down it and he spurred me on

This is no little hill, my husband hadn't ridden his bike all the way up it yet!

I did a jump and punched the air at the top (after a quick look round...no one in sght!) and kept running the remaining 1.5K.

I have yet to conquer The Hill aka Big Betty, but she had better watch out!!

[Miles_Yonder Graduate]

I can just picture your ecstatic air punching atop the hill! Nice one; it is amazing to conquer big hills. The feeling of making it to the other side of it is fantastic.

Great going, well done!

[I_will Graduate in reply to Miles_Yonder]

Thanks...she's my new friend!

[no-excuse Graduate]

Good for you! Air punch is well deserved x

[I_will Graduate in reply to no-excuse]

Cheers

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For the avoidance of doubt - air punching is perfectly acceptable WITHOUT checking for observers... I know, I do it a lot...

[I_will Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I shall remember that for future reference! I expect there are a lot of runners out there who would delight in seeing such a thing in passing ....I certainly would!

[poppypug Graduate]

Wahey I_will ! Well done you conquered it, awesome

Oh you've got to do the air punch thingy its in the rules of the hill running book , Ive seen it

Yay, Go you ! xxx

[I_will Graduate in reply to poppypug]

Oh, oh, a book? On hill running? With air punching? Perfect!

Thanks for telling me, next time I shall do it with a feeling of righteousness

Funny, there really is nothing else I can think of that would make me do that!!

[poppypug Graduate in reply to I_will]

Ha ha yes it is called " The Air Punching Book of Hill Running "

Oh you cant beat a good air punch can you ? Something only people on here can truly understand xxx

[I_will Graduate in reply to poppypug]

I'll get it for Christmas and put it on my bookshelf next to 'The Aerobic Bra Removal Workout (not for the faint hearted)‘

[poppypug Graduate in reply to I_will]

Ha ha, Oh yes, the Bra Removal Workout Book goes in the " Horror " Section xxx

[I_will Graduate in reply to poppypug]

Lol!

[misswobble Graduate]

Oh I do air punching anorl Don't care who sees me

Well done on the hills! I hate em and avoid them for now

When you tackling the biggy then?

[I_will Graduate in reply to misswobble]

Well, I've been using it to train on....she's a monster, long and really steep. If I took a picture there would be nothing to see but tarmac from top to bottom.

One day, my training session will stretch further and further until it's just in reach!

[Thp42 Graduate]

Yeah. Well done. I have a hate relationship with The Horrid Hill. Once I am up it the rest of the run seems so much easier but I can't stop thinking about it every run until I am at the top. I've been known to call it some very naughty names!

[I_will Graduate]

I've strangely come to love them increasingly. They make for variety, and I now find my flat river route that I religiously stuck to, to begin with, a bit dull now!

Never thought I would say that!!

[cathrynp Graduate]

Well done! I have been known to jump in the air at the end of an achievement run myself. I think other runners understand the sensation