Gothic Run ?

Down into the depths of Normanhurst Valley again today for a 7-8km hill run: through the dark, the mist, down so may hills i swear i saw Gollum and signs with cobwebs on them saying "Do Not Pass"..........with skulls laying around.........then of course the inevitable long climb back up to civilisation where three more hills wait to greet us.....this is only the 2nd time I ve done this route, third for my 3 partners but it was a little easier this time than the last........

Luckily I planned it well music-wise with a healthy combination of Goth-metal (Epica, Type O Negative, Lacuna Coil and The 69Eyes with...ahem...... Push It and Firestarter stragely thrown in at the end for the last hill)

HillMania!!!!

Wow, what a run we had this morning, taking off at 6am on a 2.5km downhill road that seemed to lead into the the bowels of the earth, way below the tree line into some of the bush properties in Normanhurst........I became increasingly concerned about what was coming.......2kms of steep uphills, broken by 250 metre sections of flat road.......and I forgot my Ipod with all the neccesary Metal i normally rely on.....we are practicing for the City2Surf, which has a long 2km hill, particularly practicing the art of trying not to slouch our way up bit run solidly to the top......once we finished that we were then faced with a twisting turning 3km finish which packed three more hills, 2 steep and one ridiculous (I hear a voice behind me as we hit the top of this one saying "run hard to the finish after this" and then feel the pre-vomit bile rise).....thanks to our trainer for coming up with such a monster run