Love to Hate You

Ran a swift 6 miles today. I ran my second half faster than the first half and felt very energetic today, despite the fact that it was already blazing hot at 6:30 am. I ran more hills today than yesterday or Saturday. I have a love/hate relationship with running hills. I hate actually running uphill because it slows me down, and damn it's tough. There's some hills in my neighborhood that are just a bitch to run up. But I love knowing that running uphill will help increase my speed over time, and I love that it works different muscles than a flat run. But what I REALLY love about running uphill is the oh so sweet reward of running down the other side of that hill. Ahhh.