NSV - Getting to the Top of the Hill

FatUncleRob

Right outside my front door I have a challenge. A big steep challenge!

It's a hill.

The sidewalk only goes half way up the road - because that's where the houses stop, but also because you have to be crazy to want to walk up it. Or so I thought!

I decided to make it the start of one of my walking routes - and, the first time I tried it, I was a sweaty, wheezing mess by the time I was half-way up. I had to stop for a breather.

That was about 10 weeks ago. It took me about an hour to do the full 2.4 mile route.

This evening I did the walk again (about the 6th or 7th time) in my personal best time of 37.5 minutes. I climbed the first (steepest) 0.2 mile stretch of the hill in less than 4 minutes, without stopping. Sure, I was breathing pretty hard - but it was so much easier.

Here's a graph that shows the elevation change in the walk (courtesy of MapMyFITNESS.com)

SugarNtheRaw

YAY! Kick *kitten* Rob!!!!

Tiggerrick

Don't you just love it when you meet and exceed a goal. Way to go.

littttlelaurra

oh good lord I got pain just looking at the steep climb lol good for you!

jmruef

Awesome! Lots of hills in my town too, and now that the weather's nice and it's lighter later, I really have no excuses! Good on you and thanks for the motivation! (Now if someone could teach my dog to walk IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT MY SIDE, he could come too...)

FatUncleRob

Realized I was WAY behind my personal best on my walk today - so I jogged the last up-hill part.