fall

My answer is "yes" to Christine Luff's article "Fall - The Ideal Running Season?" published Monday on About.com (I know it sounds silly that I refer to this website, but their running advice is extremely helpful). She talks about feeding off the energy of other runners who are also pumped about autumn, an improvement in overall temperature and the changing color of leaves. As someone from Western Mass, I can more than identify with her affinity for fall foliage. I went for my first run of the season last night.

It brought me around the Fens and to the medical district. After envisioning the Longwood Avenue hill, I expected my route to be at least remotely hilly. I braced myself. Then Francis Street presented the slightest impression of a hill and I soon found myself approaching Brigham Circle. Yes, there were a lot of hills last night. But most of them were downhill. Hrm. I chose to endure a little extra workout by climbing up the six flights of stairs leading to my apartment when I got home. This is a fairly regular practice, but still leaves me panting most of the time. Last night, I must have been extremely excited - or extremely out of it - because I passed my floor and kept going. Um, woops. And that was that.