Lunch - ran outside again. It was very nice, but fairly windy (I didn't really notice this until the 2nd half of my run). Ran part of the Pat's run course again with some tweaks. The description of the course says it is flat, but that is patently false - there is a1/2 mile uphill where you gain almost 100 feet during the second mile, followed by a faily steep downhill where you gain almost all of the elevation back. The rest of it is pretty much flat, though. Anyways, as I was coming back and hit the wind head-on, I decided to kick things up a notch. Mile 5 was in 6:57, although the effort with the wind in my fact probably felt more like 6:40 or so, and then I kicked in the last .25 to finish in 38:21, average pace of 7:13/mile. Felt very good, not too winded. I think that my aerobic conditioning is definitely improving, although I really wish I could lose the weight I gained since St. George. I'm afraid it's not going to come off until I get up to 50 mpw, and with my current schedule, that's fairly hard to do. PM - 1.5 miles with Samuel at 9:47 average pace. This is a new PR, and it was windy, too. He did a great job, and I was very proud of him. Afterwards, ran 0.65 with Joey in a huge PR for him of 9:42 average pace. He was amazing - he just took off right when we started and was just pumping his little arms and legs so determinedly, and he was absolutely full of energy and spunk. I think he's been holding back on me. Afterwards, I took the boys out for smoothies that they had earned last Tuesday.
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