I am in love with Hillage

I can barely contain my delight. I've had to duct-tape myself to the chair to stop me dancing about the kitchen. This afternoon I managed for the first time ever, to 'onsight' (to coin one of climbings oft used ethical terms) Tersets Hill - running. It was all road (yuk) and in the worst conditions I have probably ever run in - lashing, driving rain, floods, icy cold, howling gale - but probably one of the best (short) runs of my life.

Might have been the industrial strength coffee I had before leaving - or just me remembering that Joss Naylor ran with shredded tendons and no skin on his feet for 7 days and didn't moan once and therefore if I moan about a paltry few hundred feet in the rain then I might as well give up now - but I felt brilliant and had it not been for the fact it was dark by the time I reached the bottom of the hill, I was considering running back up it the other way! Alright, it not Ben Nevis or Snowdon or Scafell but its been a target of mine since starting this malarkey and yes, repeating it might have inadvertently caused death or snapped hamstrings (or other such newbie-injuries) but its the first time I've thought 'oooh, I quite fancy making myself hurt myself all over again' voluntarily :)

So 5.63 km in 37:48 (av 6:42/km, max 5:15/km) - not sure of ascent exactly - will buy and consult OS map. Red is uphill, blue is downhill/flat.

Edited to say: Alright, its barely a hill apparently. 250ft of ascent. RIGHT...off to find proper hillage.

Hurrah for progress :) (and slight inclines ;)