Weekend Run

When I started my training, I decided that my weekends will be reserved for my longer, more ambitious runs. Yesterday morning, before leaving for a wonderful and relaxing day/night in Center City, I decided to run 4 miles! While I can't declare it officially, it's pretty close to the longest run I've had to date (as in...all my life). Not only that, but it also nicely encompassed the most hills I've probably ever run in one shot as well. Completely accidentally, yet that didn't help to ease the pain (mentally and physically). I'm proud to say I was able to stick it all out, but it was ROUGH! Instead of doing a "there and back" run, I had found a way to loop it around (thank you mapmyrun.com, and ran the second half on a road I've never run on. Next time, I will be sure to tackle the unknown FIRST! I think next weekend I will aim for the same distance, without so much of the ughhhhhh factor, meaning a new course with fewer hills/slopes/slight inclines.