Couch To 5K- Week 4 Day 3

Hills are plaguing my life. They are everywhere. I cannot escape them. Every time I drive up a hill now, I think, "Wow, this would be a bitch to run up."

I even dreamed about hills last night. In my dream, I was at the Disney Half and after Mile 10 there was a pit stop with four tunnels/slides; they were named after obscure famous people. I had to choose one to slide down before I could continue with the race. I was really annoyed about that BS, but I chose the "Farrah Fawcet" slide. As I came out of the slide, I saw that I was at the bottom of a huuuuuge hill. It went almost straight up, and climbed for 1/4 mile. The race volunteer standing there said, "Once you get up this, you're almost to the finish!" At this point I woke up gasping for air.

I finished Week Four today. It felt slightly better than Thursday and I went very slightly faster, so we'll consider that a success. The morning was not too warm and the sunshine was gorgeous, so I definitely enjoyed myself as much as was possible. The flora and fauna were enjoyable too.

Speaking of fauna, as I ran today I wondered what the fastest land animals are. The fastest is the cheetah, as everyone knows. Then it's the pronghorn antelope. Do you know what creature is third? THE WILDEBEEST! They can crank along at 50mph despite weighing over 475lbs. This gives me hope.