As every runner knows, hills build strength.
Gravity offers great resistance against one's own body.
Sort of like the uphill battle of a running fool's family, who must continuously act interested as their dad prepares for another race and starts rattling off a bunch of meaningless numbers sharing his experience with them. So when my daughter first expressed enthusiasm at my suggestion that she cover the April Fools Run as an official 10Ktruth on-course photographer, I was really excited. Needless to say, the punch line to this joke was that I was drivin' the 'ol 'vette uh I mean Dodge Dakota down to another race alone. My preparation on race morning is pretty non-scientific. For a 15k this early in the year, I wouldn't be doing much saving as much as I had for the race itself.