48:56. Yesterday I ran the same route (on the Mt. Vernon Trail - from Alexandria VA to near the DC line). I was wearing two sets of gloves yesterday (because it was so cold), and I somehow hit my watch off at some point - so I wasn't exactly sure how far it was before I turned around. So, today I had no 'watch malfunction' -- it was 25:01 at my turnaround point!!! wow, that was amazing yesterday! So, two things, #1 I am sick, pretty darn sick. So far, it has not moved to my chest, and I don't have a fever, so I am holding it together, though bummed that I am sick 7 days before my race. I don't understand how I got sick (sarcasm inserted here), I have only had two airplane/work/stressful trips in as many weeks, have been running in wintery mix weather for 3 days on little sleep! Yesterday, I was supposed to fly out at 5PM after my meeting was over - I was flying from DC to Chicago to Tucson. By 3PM I started getting text messages from the airline telling me that flights were delayed up to 90 mins in Chicago and 45 mins out of Chicago. I knew there was no way I was going to make my connection in Chicago, and it was the last flight to Tucson of the day. So, I rebooked my flight to this morning - and luckily was able to get the American Statistical Association to get me another night at the hotel. I went back to recheck into the hotel and the lobby was FULL (3 bus fulls) of little cheerleader/beauty queen girls. Some of them were wearing huge amounts of make-up, seriously, like movie set amount! I tried to talk to one of them in the elevator, she was a little snot and treated me like I was gum stuck on the bottom of her shoe (seriously). I felt like telling her "pretty is as pretty does" - but I figured I wasn't my place, and she wouldn't get it anyway. I will say that the experience (of just seeing all of these little girls prance around) was an interesting sociologic experience ;-). Anyway ... it was a good call to change my flight. I got to sleep in a comfortable bed, sleep in until 6:30AM (4:30 Tucson time), and go out with a friend of mine last night for dinner. The flight I was supposed to be on was 4 1/2 hours delayed out of DC, I would have arrived in Chicago at midnight, and most certainly been stuck in the airport until about 6AM ;-) good call!! Today, I am stuck in DC again -- I already have missed my connection out of Dallas, and have had to rebook 2 flights. However, I have all day to get some flight home, I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can catch at a minimum the last flight out of Dallas, which would get me in by 9PM. I do have an Admirals Club pass, so the waiting is tolerable. It looks like I will miss my 2nd run today -- I won't stress about it, having a cold is a much bigger threat than missing a run at this point. DRAT. Happy Saturday bloggers.
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