So today I made my kids sacrifice for my determination to run. I had my niece babysit them while I did my long run today. My niece doesn't drive yet so I had to drive 20 minutes to pick her up and 20 minutes to get her back to our house. My sister-in-law was having a baby shower at 11:30 this morning and she lives an hour away. That meant I had to be out of the house by 6:45am this morning to get my niece - with three kids in tow - three kids that were really wishing they were still in their warm beds. A part of me felt like - ha! now you know what it feels like to get woken up when you don't want to wake up, welcome to my world!!! - but most of me felt really guilty that they were made uncomfortable because I'm so set on my running schedule - come rain or tears. They ended up having a good time with their cousin - lots of movie watching, painting and eating pancakes so my guilt was assuaged in the end. But hopefully we'll be able to keep it post-7:30am the next time I need a babysitter.
The run felt pretty good. My legs were pretty tired by mile 14 or so, but I think that was a result of the mental game. I usually get tired when I'm getting close but still not quite yet to the point of a run being almost done. Oh the antics of the mind. I ran a 7:52 pace today. I didn't intend to go under 8 minutes but I guess that's what my legs wanted to do today. So there you have it.
Night Sleep Time: 0.00
Nap Time: 0.00
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