It was such a beautiful spring day. I think I could have stayed out there all afternoon (though running hills all afternoon might leave me paralyzed for life).
So, I ran around Southwood - up and down up and down up backtrack zig zag down.
The alleys were even thawed enough to run those hills (which are good practice for trail hills)
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-ejrfdo.jpeg)
I actually had my first bystander ask why I would take a picture of an alley. I had to explain that bloggers are weird like that. Not sure if she knew what a blog was.
After the third uphill - I decided to take a shortcut to mix things up on the map for Amy.
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-Nem9yh.jpeg)
Good thing I did...because then I got to see the Easter bunny. Can you see him?
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-Zb_qoM.jpeg)
Stepped in squishy mud.
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-4Hs0pw.jpeg)
So happy it was sunny and warm!
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-SaLnGI.jpeg)
In the end - this took much longer than I had hoped and my distance is much farther than I usually do on an easy lunchtime run. But I got it done. Six hills - I'll admit it was harder to keep track of them with all of the zigging.
So tired
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-3ubYnU.jpeg)
I also think it might be time to retire my Kinvaras that I keep at the office. I am having some shin-splinty pain right here
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-qchLd4.jpeg)
and, now for the big reveal...my hill drawing for the day is:
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-O_IeG7.png)
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-utGp45.png)
What do you think it looks like?
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-ZD4H0L.png)
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-GNh0kD.jpeg)
and the best part...I could totally slack for the rest of the day and easily hit my 10,000 steps on the fitbit. It's so easy when you throw a dedicated workout into the mix!
![Hill Drawing for Amy Hill Drawing for Amy](http://m5.paperblog.com/i/48/480941/hill-drawing-for-amy-L-k8Chuy.jpeg)