Church Run Hills

64 degrees. I believe it was 64 on the 4th of July. I don't think it rained a drop. 9 guys and 5 gals showed up. The workout started innocent enough. Stretching, stump garden stair steps and leg presses and easy running is normal. We did a few lunges, more step aerobics on Rivers and a few squats at the bottom of Muscogee. Then the fun started. Considering the crowd, we decided today was going to be a tough man workout. The first set of hills was on Muscogee. We ran 1/3 hard up and easy down. Then we ran 2/3 hard up and easy down. Then we ran to Peachtree rd, crossed and ran down Lake View. Then we ran 1/3, 2/3, and up to Peachtree again, took a right, did a few lunges to catch our breath and took a hard right at Cathedral. Rather than exercise, we ran the hill at Cathedral 3 times and then ran to Baptist. We ran the Baptist stairs 5 times, hammering up and easy down the soft grass hill. Then we ran back to Lake View and did our last set of hills. Guys were grabbing their knees and sucking air at the top of the final hill on Peachtree. The total was 4 1/2 miles (4 sets of hills and 5 stair laps).

Please make plans to get together early next week.