Hills!

[useitorloseit]

I haven't logged into this forum for ages (forgive me!), but I have carried on running. I started my C25K experience in June 2014 in Cambridgeshire, and have been running on that county's flat terrain without having to worry about anything more than a mild incline.

Last month we moved to Wales. We are currently renting in a lovely village where I can run down the road and back without having to encounter any major topography, but we have recently agreed the purchase of a nice house which is at the top of a hill sufficiently severe to suggest that I should replace my weeny 1 litre car with something with a bit more grunt as I have to go up the hill to the house in first gear. This led me to think I should start tackling some of these green lumpy things which surround me so I can carry on running when we move.

To that end, I shunned the easy route this morning, and took the hilly option. To my surprise, it didn't induce pain or vomiting, perhaps because I sensibly took it fairly gently. I think I will have to be careful with my knees coming downhill, being a lady of a certain age and a bit creaky in the knee department at times, but it generally felt pretty good. I took plenty of walk breaks, and it wasn't as bad as I had feared.

So there we are. Maybe hills COULD be my friends! After 4 years of easy trundling, it was time for a new challenge anyway.

[Irishprincess Graduate]

Hello UIOLI! How lovely to see you here again. You've clearly had a lot going on but you're still running! Whoop whoop 🎉🎈🎉🎈

Well done on the hills and welcome back to the fold x

[useitorloseit Graduate in reply to Irishprincess]

Thanks x

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate]

Hi Useitorloseit😊

Nice to hear from you, and glad you still love to run!

Good luck in your new home and location😊x and with those hills 😉x

[useitorloseit Graduate in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Who said anything about loving to run??!! I don't necessarily enjoy running, even after 4 years, but I love the feeling I get at the end of a run - makes it all worth while!

[AncientMum Graduate]

Useit!!! Coooeeee, lovely to hear from you again. Congratulations on your move and your new home, I hope you'll be very happy there. Well done for embracing the challenge of hills, you'll be stronger and faster in the long run for your trouble. Now, if I can only bring myself to follow your example and start loving hills too..... xx

[useitorloseit Graduate in reply to AncientMum]

Ancient Mum! How lovely to hear from you again. It's nice to try something new, and I'd always wondered if I'd be able to keep on running when I escaped the very dull but very runnable Cambridgeshire countryside. I like a challenge!