What a crappy week for running. It started off great with 2 10 milers. Wednesday my legs were too tired for any more than 4. I didn't want to push it because I had a lot more miles planned the rest of the week. I don't know what happened Thursday. I just didn't feel like it so I slept through my run. I couldn't run Friday because of 20+ miles planned for Saturday. The last time I tried running the day before a big run I had a miserable 22. There were other factors involved on that one, but I was dead from the start. So now to today. My plan was to run 10-12 in them morning starting at 5am or so, then to run the Willowcreek Middleschool 5k with my daughter, then finish out to complete 20+ miles. Well I got a new alarm clock this week and I messed up setting it so I only had time for 3 before the race. Then after the race we stayed for the raffle which took another hour. So now I'm about 2 1/2 hours behind on the day and there just isn't time to get in those miles. Well the 5k was fun. My daughter doesn't like to run, or so she tells me all the time. But her gym teacher is giving out huge extra credit points to those who run it. In fact she doesn't have to take the sports rules test if she completes this run (who ever heard of a test in P.E.). My daughter can't pass up extra credit so she wanted me to sign up with her. We ended up averaging about 12 min and she was wiped out afterward. I'm pleased with her effort and glad she had fun, but I don't think she is going to pick up running as a hobby anytime soon. | 