I am a member of the Adirondack 46ers.  In fact, I am #7393.  That means there were only 7,393 people who officially are noted for climbing all 46 peaks in the Adirondacks over 4,000 feet.  Hills have never been something I’ve been afraid of.

Yesterday, I shared my run with my friend Jen Howard on RunKeeper.  After noting that there was a particularly hilly run she stopped and laughed, “hilly..haha…”

I looked at the elevation gain this morning and it appears to be about 16 feet.  Giant Mountain, the 12th largest peak in the Adirondacks, comes in at roughly 3,050 feet.  I hate to admit it but Jen was right…hilly..haha.  So, today I will use anger to motivate myself to run.  If I’m considering 16 feet “a hill” I have a long way to go so I’ll take this morning and be mad at myself.  I don’t need a lot of sympathy here… I let myself get out of shape like this and I can get myself back into shape..but today I’ll be angry at me… tomorrow I may try another source of motivation… like Matt Clement’s suggestion I withhold coffee until AFTER the run… can’t bring myself to do that yet.