hurt so good hills

today, there was a home invasion that brought the media attention to our area.  this is the 3rd one in two weeks - in n'hoods right next to us - within a mile or less.  all in broad day light.  just reminds me that i am going to keep my mace in hand during each run.  in fact, i did tonight.  got lots of looks, too!  i ran 5 miles, with one mile doing hill repeats on the beastly hill.  it's over .1 mile so i repeated running up 5 times, joggling lightly down.  i am in week 5 of the spring training schedule now and let me tell you, i could not have done that 5 weeks ago without walking.  i love spring training!!! (this picture is from our hike on sunday.  our dog - red collar - meet another dachshund.  i'm trying to think of the perfect quote here... ideas?