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Another busy day. After working on the paper until 11pm last night got a little sleep and up again this morning to get a little more in while Sandra did her workout. I had initially wanted it done no Friday, Saturday at the latest but what can you do? There are only so many hours in the day and each day needs a balance...
In any case I headed to the DC area after Sandra's run. The flight went fine and I did manage to get a little bit of work on the plane. Getting to the hotel was another matter with subways down and bus drivers going 15 min in the wrong direction before one of the passengers caught him. So much for public transportation. Not sure what it is with my luck and traveling. Good news is a made it in safely, checked in, changed and headed out the door just as it started raining. Which was GREAT! I love running in the rain. Plus it cooled things down a little. The hotel I'm staying at is about 1/4 mile from a trail that goes along the Potomac all the way to the Mall. I had planned 14 mi for today but at 7 mi I saw a sign that said 1 mi. However, that was 1 mi to the end of the trail. To get to the mall was a little over another mile but there was no way I was turning back. It was a very nice run and it rained about 5 miles of the run. There were a few other people out and I got very surprised by a deer. I think I surprised it too. It was only about 5 ft off the trail. The funny part is Sandra had a deer trapped in the East track with her this morning in Salt Lake as well. So between sea level, the rain and running flat I went out way too hard. My first mile out was my slowest in 7:17 and my 4th mile was my fasted in 6:25. Spent a little time at the Lincoln Memorial but then had to get back. I random nice person even took a picture of me on her phone and e-mailed it. Have to like the advantages of technology being everywhere... I realized about 7 mi when I was deciding to go on or not that I hadn't eaten lunch. Bad move. The way back was obviously painful but still felt great to be running in that environment.
OUT 9.3 mi Avg. 6:47 HR 165
BACK 9.3 mi Avg. 7:32 HR 178 (OUCH) Got back to the hotel in time to Facetime say good night to the girls, grab a subway and jump into the bath with a few buckets of ice from down the hall... Then back to work, except for this blog entry brake :)
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