{"id":10606,"date":"2016-02-27T08:46:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T14:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=10606"},"modified":"2016-02-27T08:47:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T14:47:59","slug":"running-hills-where-there-are-no-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=10606","title":{"rendered":"Running Hills Where There Are No Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DSCN5266\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/25152871041\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1708\/25152871041_10b93e0b55_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5266\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last week I had a lot of fun running hills at Turkey Mountain with Trail Zombie, Clint,and Lea. This week I couldn&#8217;t run there because by the time I get off work it is dark and I don&#8217;t like to run hills by my lonesome in the dark. The days are getting longer though and daylight savings time starts March 13 so it won&#8217;t be long.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN5267\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/25152866631\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1510\/25152866631_1364e06811_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5267\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So I went running on the flat lighted trails of Arkansas River Trails system. So I used whatever hills I could find and looped back around them. Places like bridges, overpasses, and underpasses and whatever small hills were available.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN5268\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/25219754016\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1557\/25219754016_573463ae84_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5268\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So I didn&#8217;t get 900 feet of elevation, I only got 41 feet but it is making me think how I can add a lot more elevation to my river runs. One thing is that you can see from the photo above that downtown is elevated quite a bit above the river so I might figure out a loop up and back. Tulsa&#8217;s infamous &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=9866\" target=\"_blank\">Crybaby Hill<\/a>&#8221; loop for the Tulsa Tough bicycle race is a loop that starts on the opposite bank above and goes behind the light colored condos just to the right.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSCN5270\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/25246029875\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1467\/25246029875_d693c730f4_z.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN5270\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That ought to add some elevation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/503477447\/embed\/36c662ce20146ef35588c404e6488610a74b0386\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhat about you, are you looking for any hills to climb?<\/p>\n<p>Wish me luck I&#8217;m running my first trail race Sunday morning, the quarter marathon segment of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postoakrun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Post Oak Challenge<\/a>, \u00a0since I banged up my knee last September running the<a href=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=10103\" target=\"_blank\"> Escape From Turkey Mountain Race<\/a>. \u00a0Check out my 2<a href=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=9599\" target=\"_blank\">015 Post Oak Challenge<\/a>. The quarter marathon is kind of kiddy race because we won&#8217;t go up Holmes Peak like the other races do. That is today (Saturday) and I am helping out on Turkey Mountain Cleanup this morning and Heather is teaching a class today at the gym and Logan needs to get to and from his musical rehearsal. You folks with families know all about shuffling things around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I had a lot of fun running hills at Turkey Mountain with Trail Zombie, Clint,and Lea. This week I couldn&#8217;t run there because by the time I get off work it is dark and I don&#8217;t like to run hills by my lonesome in the dark. 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