The Hills Are Alive

...with the sound of training. Several people out running this morning, even at such an early hour. I started running at 5:30 a.m. The breeze was very cool and felt more like an early spring day from late March or early April than from (almost) mid-May. And it picked up into a stiff wind by the time I was on my second lap. Yes, I'm still doing the stop-by-the-house-halfway-through-and-run-the-same-route-again routine. And it's getting easier to do mentally, which is good since that's how the race is going to go down in about a month. I ran 15 miles this morning. It was one of those really good runs. This week I bought one of those pull-up bars that you can use in an interior doorway. I've used that almost every day to supplement my upper-body workouts, and I think that's really helped my running. If the upper body is fatigued then it brings down the whole body. I felt strong all 15 miles today and I think the extra workouts have really helped. My lats are still sore from pull-ups, but y'know - I'm not as young as I used to be!