1:47:55. I felt pretty good today - I don't know exactly how long the run was, I just know that most of my miles on the way out were in the 9 minute range and most of my miles on the way back were in the 8:25-8:40 range. Many interesting things today! First, last week we had some days where the highs were in the 80's (I did not want to rub it in so I did not tell you about these ;) ) - this morning I woke up to snow on the mountaintops! The high today is supposed to be in the high 50's. Then, I was running on the river path and about 2 miles into my run I look over in the wash and there is WATER! I have never seen water in the wash before. I took a little detour from my usual run (it is a good time training-wise to explore) and ran on the south side of the trail for a little while. It was fortuitous I did because I ran into a friend on that side! Kelly Liljeblad and her sister are in town training for a couple of months. Kelly is a professional runner we met in Flagstaff a few years ago - she took the bronze at the USA 10 mile championship last October (won the Houston marathon in 2005 and was chosen for the world championship team) - she is a great runner and very nice person. Her twin sister is a professional triathlete - her coach lives here in Tuscon which is why they are here. I knew they were coming to town, but I had forgotten to ask her when they were coming, it was so cool to run into them - they were blazing down the trail!! Lastly, I went through at least two ecosystems on my run today! It was chilly (relatively) when I started so I was wearing shorts, short sleeve shirt and gloves. I figured by the second mile I would warm up. Well, I did, actually at about mile 4 I was wishing I was wearing a singlet! Then after I hit the turn-around I was freezing - it was raining/sleeting and I was soaked. Luckily, the sun came back out and by the time I finished my shorts and shirt were dry again! wow. Well, off to the salt mines - lot's of work again today. Happy Sunday bloggers!
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