Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Hill

This morning i was fortunate enough to participate in a favorite activity of kennedy football players. Running up Emerson Hill at 6 am. We only run the hill three or four times each day, but thats more than enough to make vomit appear on the street. If you haven't seen the hill you probably won't be able to understand the effect it has.
You usually pull up to the bottom of the hill around 550 where a few cars are already waiting. The players start to gather at the bottom in the sweats, half asleep. Once everyone is there and stretched out as much as you can be at 6 in the morning someone yells go and the herd of players head up the hill. Its not too hard at first around the first couple bends, but once you hit the straightaway at the end you're about dead. The worst part, suprisingly, is the jog back down the hill, your already tired, and do everything you can to keep from falling over.
By the last trip up the hill you can't feel your legs and once your done theres not really a big feeling of relief, you just try to keep your breakfast down. The drive back to kennedy can be pretty bad if you start cramping up, it hasn't happened to me but some of my friends have had to pull over before.

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