Hills, Hills Everywhere!

As I mentioned in my last post about rotating my shoes, I have been trying to slowly increase my mileage without adding difficulty/intensity - I slowed down my pace and wanted to avoid hills, in the hope that I would be able to avoid injury. There is one slight problem with my plan... I am struggling to find running routes from the house that don't have "hills".

Here are the elevation charts from some of my recent "flat" runs.

This run took in Falls River and the new Landfill park

This run included the Greenway, Camp Durant Road, Durant Road and Capital Hills Road.

The flattest run that I can find is the Greenway. However, it is only 1.5 miles long and still has a 100 ft ascent/descent!

These hills will be great for me during my training once I have built up my base fitness and strength, but until then, I know that I need to be extra careful to avoid running on them too much too soon.

Recent Training Runs:
12/6 Nike Free (3.00 @ 8:32)
12/5 Saucony (6.00 @ 8:47)
12/3 Saucony (6.00 @ 8:37)
12/2 Nike Free (3.00 @ 8:18)
12/1 Saucony (5.00 @ 8:48)
11/29 Nike Free (3.00 @ 8:54)
11/28 Saucony (7.25 @ 8:51)
11/27 Nike Free (3.00 @ 8:34)
11/25 Saucony (Gobblers 5K @ 6:58)
11/24 Nike Free (3.00 @ 9:15)