I fought the hills and the...wait, I WON :)

During track Coach had us combine the "hood .5 mile hill loop" with the driveway hill portion of the circuit drills. We had only ever done one side at a time. Today he said (following his 63rd birthday over the weekend) that 3 is the number he was "feeling today" so we ran three repeats. First we rand the driveway circuit (one long gradual hill, one short steep hill, and up the long steep one) and followed through from there to running through the neighborhood. (somehow, defying the wellknown laws of physics, the whole loop is uphill only. you end up where you began, but still going uphill?) Each loop was about a mile, so I completed three miles of nonstop hills. I started out intimidated, and ended feeling surprised at how strong I am feeling. [patting myself on the back]