Hills and sand

I'm in Portland, OR visiting family. This means running in whatever environment is available. For this trip that has meant hills and sand. My folks live at the top of a hill in the suburbs of Portland. All roads from their house lead down. This, of course, means that eventually you have to come back up. All of my running courses in PA are relatively flat so this has been a bit of a challenge for me. We also spent a couple of days at the Oregon coast which meant running in the sand. Granted it was the wet, packed sand (with some dodging of waves) but still... it's a little different than running on pavement. It's good to change things up now and then but all the same I'm looking forward to running my usual flat loops around the WCU campus next week.