AM: (9+, 1:15:37 (38:33/37:03)). hmmm. I was actually pretty distracted today on my run. I hit my ~2 mile landmark and I was a minute faster than usual. I decided to just stay with it and run a little faster today - I was still within my "easy run" pace range (according to Greg and Daniel's), and within my "effort" too, I could still breath through my nose (except for the uphills at the end) - it just a little faster than I would normally run. Part of the reason was because I was thinking about racing ... and I got a little "competitive" in my mind. When I ran into Merry (the woman I ran with for a while last Sunday) she had mentioned that there were a few women in her running club she thought I knew (I didn't) -- she said, "they know you". I think in part because of a couple of local races I was a part of ... but basically they are gunning for me ;-). Then this reminded me of a woman that was in the cross-country race last year (she won the 40-44 age group and was about 15 secs in front of me) ... anyway, she cheated (went around inside the back barriers instead of going over them). I had the hardest time standing next to her when they took our picture (age group winners). I keep telling myself to forget about her little cheating foray (it was obviously important enough to her to do that even though it was a turkey trot for goodness sakes! and a muddy, rainy slide-fest so time meant nothing). She would have beat me that day anyway ... but now I just want to beat her so I can forget about it! So ... I guess it is getting closer to time to race ... ;-). I don't know how I am going to survive this semester ... seriously. I had so many typo's in my slides yesterday ... I hope I get more productive at getting ready for my lectures. I probably won't be checking in on blogs until Thursday ... PM:(4 miles). Preblogging, I might run 4.5 miles.
Run well, be safe and healthy bloggers!
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