Week 5.

I had to do my long run from my parents house this week. I think having a completely unknown route helped keep my mind off the distance. It was my favorite run to date! The only thing that caused me a little stress is that my parents live at the top of a ridiculous hill. I took these pictures on my way back up to their house.

I didn't run up it, but I did run down it. : ) And then after running 4 miles, I had to walk up it and even walking it was a killer. (That was me, casually mentioning that I ran 4 miles)...

I don't know how my friends who have trained for 1/2 marathons did it without blogging every step of the way. This has been such a cool experience for me and I'm only training for 5 miles! On my last run, I was even able to think about something other than trying to convince myself I can do it or checking how far I'd gone since the last time I checked a minute ago... It was kind of fantastic. I'm definitely hooked and will be keeping up with running even after Beat the Bridge is done.