I went into my training program assuming that I’d never progress past the runwalking that I’d always done. Eight weeks ago, we did a one mile benchmark run to test our speed, and I struggled to run for the full mile. On Tuesday, we repeated the timed mile and… well, you’ll have to scroll down…

For the first time in weeks, I had an “I don’t wanna” morning. There I was, dressed in my running gear, and absolutely, utterly unmotivated to do anything. But because there is a plan on paper, and I’m a type-A, need-to-meet-my-goals kind of girl, I had to do something. That something was hill training. I…