skhill, yikes!!

I need more practice with the downhills, too. The one thing that really threw me at Boston (besides the bombing, obviously ) was the steep descent at the start. We have plenty of steep grades where I live, but they're mostly gravel, or if they're paved they tend to have gravel washed onto them, so I'm pretty ginger with the footing going downhill. Not at all used to trying to race and being confident that one little mistake in weight distribution among my foot bones won't put me on my azz. I've been trying to be more aware of that, and really go for it on the rare occasion I get a clean paved downhill run.


I had a nice run with my (probable future) coach yesterday, a little less than 8 miles at a 9:15 pace. I met him at the bike path so it was mostly flat, although we took a spur that has a couple of overpasses, underpasses and bridges. I'm going to show him my hills next time. He's from the western, glaciated side of my county, so he's got a treat in store. He he.