Pretty sad run today. I had to drop my daughter off at the church at
8am for the trip to the Washington DC temple youth trip, run, then off
to the house of a family moving in to help them move all their stuff
from a moving van into their house. Their piano was basically the worst
of it. Anyways, I dropped her off then went for a run near
there. We got to the church a little early (7:55am), which meant no one
was
there - typical Mormons, always running on Mormon Standard Time. I
don't know why I have such a problem with having people I know watch me
run, but I snuck in the back of the church, changed in the bathroom,
then came out to the car. We drove around to the front, we chilled for a
few minutes, then she hopped out of the car when a friend arrived. I
debated just getting out of the car and starting my run there, but I
couldn't bring myself to do it so I drove up the block and parked in a
parking lot and started my run from there going in the opposite
direction of where they'd be driving. I guess I don't consider myself a
"runner" since I couldn't just get out and start running. I get
embarrassed that way I guess. I've got many psychological issues, so
I'll just add this one to the list.
Run? What run...oh yeah,
sorry, here we go. The first half was pretty much downhill. Maintained
about a 7:50 pace, fairly easy with the elevation drop, but wasn't
pushing it since I wasn't feeling it this morning. I wanted to go about
5+, but I got to about 2.5mi (almost all downhill) and decided to turn
around and take a little shorter route back to the car. On the uphill, I
was struggling and walked a few times. Ok, maybe more than a few.
Average HR was in the 150s the entire run. It sure felt a lot harder
than that. Anyways, I was disappointed with this one. It shouldn't
have been that hard. Oh well, I got out and ran so I'm happy. After
this week, that's an accomplishment! Staying on that horse is
tough.
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