Joke: What’s round on the outside and high in the middle?
O-H-I-O!
And boy do they have the High part right!
Over Memorial Day weekend, the Mrs. and I went to Ohio to visit her family and friends. While there I needed to get some kind of workout in.
I needed something to justify all those glorious home cooked meal and gluttonous drinking occasions!
The good news:
Last year - I ran the neighborhood and was the hills forced me to walk. It felt like it took forever to get anywhere. I ran down to the end of the block and back. Whew! What a workout.
This year - Hills? What Hills? This is easy, the end of the block?! Way to easy! Let’s keep going!
The bad news:
I'm feeling so good, I decide to find some serious hills (not a hard thing to do around here). I found the hill from hell! Short and steep!
14 % grade - 0.3 miles – 100+ feet from top to bottom.
Hill repeats – 2 miles worth! That’s 5 times up and down.
Down 14%! That’s a nice workout on the quads.
I thought that the Midwest states were supposed to be flat!!
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Its amazing how many fricking hills we have here... less in cleveland, than in north central ohio by mansfield, loudonville.
toughest race I ever did was one of the ironman distance races in mohican area..called the pineman...
of course down in southeast part of ohio-wva its much steeper in spots... crazy... course those are speed bumps compared to thosde western states mountains..
I am from Ohio-is there really a 14% hill anywhere in the state??
:)
Way to go on that seriously steep hill! How awesome that it's getting easier, too. Keep up the awesome training :)
It's the mountains of the west that makes the midwest seem flat but anytime I've workout in the midwest it seems like a never ending series of rollers, you can get a lot of elevation gain that way.
14% -- now that is a hill. I'd hate to do that on a bike, might tip backwards.
You are addicted to hills! Could you share some of that because I'm so intimidated by them!! I don't mind them on the bike (in fact I think they're interesting) but on the run? They make me want to cry. You? Cracking jokes on every repeat I bet. Well done!
My wife is from Cincinnati and every time we go back, I think the same thing,
"Damn this place is hilly!"
Although anywhere is hilly when compared to Pensacola. I live 7 feet above sea level and less than 1 mile from the Gulf of Mexico.
Crap!!!!!
How high was that Tsunami?
Great! Now I've got to worry about Tsunamis and Hurricanes. I miss LA!
Good job on getting in some training while you are away. I know I tend to let my training lack when I'm away.
Ugh. Come to San Diego, and I'll show you hills. I never do hill repeats--I just go out the door. It's hard to find somewhere flat to go on recovery days though.
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