Mt. Everest Training Run

Good News!! I found our Mt. Everest training run. Don't worry it rates about a 10.5 on the easy to hard scale... Hard being 10.

I felt bad for missing the 7 mile run yesterday. I had a sinus headache for about 24 hours :( Still trying to get over this cold. But I felt good today and it's beautiful outside so I decided to map a Ballard run....

Good Things:
(1) The views of the Sound are amazing!
(2)It's part of the Burke Gilman Trail for about 3 miles.
(3)When you get to the steep part of the first hill.... you can decide to avoid it (like I did) and run up the 50 stairs instead!
(4)The last part of the run (2 miles) are flat.

Evil Things:
(1) The views end at Golden Gardens and then the hills.... I mean [mt.peaks!] start so you don't have time to enjoy the views.
(2) Seaview Ave./Golden Gardens Dr. are the steepest hills I've ever seen from a runners perspective and there aren't really any side walks.
(3) You think it's over after that part and then you get to 85th....
(4) Map my run so conveniently forgot to elevate Seaview Ave, so I wasn't expecting this hard hill run :(

I'm not going to give up though! I would like to do it again... It is very challenging so we should keep it in mind for a hard hill run.