Heartbreak HELL

I have the "joy" of living about a mile away from the infamous Heartbreak Hill. I generally avoid it at all costs, but Brian mapped this nice little 4.25 mile run which includes it, so I figured I'd give it a shot today. UMMMM, yeah. I made it, but it HURT. A lot. It was included in mile 3-4, it's not an extremely steep hill, but it's LONG and there aren't any breaks, it's consistently going up for about a mile.   Although it hurt a lot on the way up, it's all down hill from there back to my house. I have a five miler this weekend, so I will probably only do a couple of short runs tomorrow and Friday so I can rest on Saturday before the race!! If you're in Boston and you want to come cheer me on, AND drink some Guinness let me know. The race ends at Doyle's in Jamaica Plain.