1:02:45. Early morning run on Yeatman Trail. Like sunset in reverse, orange glow on the mountainsides ... sillouette of the saguaros against the mountains ... awwww.
I did get my new camera (Christmas present from Dean's Mom -- well, 1/2 of it was), I now have a tiny little Sony Cyber-shot! I have not had a chance to play with it yet - we were supposed to go to the desert museum yesterday but I had some work stuff come up (grrrrrr, I won't get started on it) and then I went into a panic because I have somehow lost my drivers license!! Darn! Utah is no longer replacing them via mail, so I have to try and get a copy of my driving record to prove I have a license, OR I will have to apply for a "new" license, which is really a pain - and will take a whole day (which I don't have). And, classes start next week -- not good timing. Anyway, I spent an hour scouring the house, instead of strolling through the wonderful desert museum ... poor Mom.
I discussed my training with Greg, and I feel better about things today. I was a little frustrated yesterday, not because the workout went badly - but I thought it felt harder than it should have. I had done a Yasso 800 workout last March at almost the same pace (10 x 800). Why would 5 x 800 feel harder? Well, duh. I actually was about 3-5 seconds faster yesterday, and my recovery was a little more than a minute less. That extra minute of recovery really does help ;-). Anyway, I feel a little better today, and Greg assures me, I am right on 'training-wise'. The race I am running has an interesting prize structure, $100 under 31:00 for men and under 36:30 for women in the 10K and under 15:00 for men and under 17:30 for women in the 5K. I think many of Gregs elite group may be coming down for this race ... so we will have a full house! And they can cheer me on at the finish -- since they will have finished their race and cool down by the time I am near the finish ;-) -- one of the good things about being a slower runner!
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