Ok, so tonights run wasn't all that bad, but it could have been worse. It all starts last night when Pepper decided to start barking at something outside at 2am. Needless to say, I wasn't at all amused as I would have liked to sleep a little more than what I got at that point. Of course it was the first night where I was trying to go to sleep earlier so that I could begin to get on a morning running schedule. Because it's the summer time, I also have the option to work 9 days and record my 80 hours every two weeks vs. my normal 10 day and 80 hours. This means that if I do this right, and go in early, I get every other Friday off so I can go to the beach, go hiking with Pepper out at Great Falls National Park, etc. Well....it hasn't worked all that well so far. I have no idea what he was barking at, although he only barked a few times, but he then kept whining, looking out the window while banging the blinds all over the place. Not all that loud normally, but when you've been rudely woken up, it's quite loud. All in all, I didn't sleep all that good last night, as my sleep recording indicates. I was tired at work today, actually had to get some tea in the afternoon as I needed the caffiene, and I think I almost fell asleep at my desk while I was reviewing some documents. Ouch...not good...especially when you're working on a huge proposal for the government. I didn't manage to run this morning so I had to run tonight. Although I was tired tonight, I did get in my 5 miles in 39:43. I ran the same route as last night, but did it backwards (going down the huge hill) from Monday night.
I'm slowly trying to build back to a minimum of 25-30 miles a week before I start back in my longer weekend runs. I really feel like I need to get back to that really soon as I believe that work is going to be really crazy starting in July. Oh well, at least I got my run in and I'm moving forward with my training. Maybe I'll start running at lunchtime if I can't get my morning/evening runs in. We have a shower at the gym in my office, so that's mighty convenient. Here's to hoping that Pepper lets me sleep well tonight... :)
(Brooks Infinitis 129.2 miles) | 