Today I had to take my son down to a baseball camp at BYU. I had planned on running while I was there (even mapped my route out in advance) and reading. Some quality alone time. I must have been really excited because, just like in school, I woke up an hour early. I got dressed, woke my son up, checked the weather in Provo and went to go say good bye to my sleeping husband when I realized it was 6:00 am not 7:00 am. Sent my son back to bed for 45 min and I went back to bed. We got up 45 min later and headed south. It is amazing how much faster you can get to Provo when there is no traffic. I dropped my son off at the indoor practice facility and head out for my run. I struggled for the first 7 miles. I could not get going! I was getting mad and frustrated. I am not sure what my problem was but I had a lot of time to think about it. My possibilities were, in order of realistic possibility: 1. I did not eat dinner last night because I was having severe GI issues. Due to the lack of food and time spent dealing with my GI issues there was not enough fuel to run. 2. I had to carry water because I did not get down early enough to drop any along the route. To give you an idea of how cold it was - my sport cap froze up and ice was forming inside by the time I finished. 3. Due to my early wake up and sad attempt at going back to bed I did not get enough sleep.
I really think that option #1 did contribute to my difficult 7 miles. I finally got in the grove and ended finishing with 11.5 miles. I am going along with the notion that "ugly miles" are just as good as "pretty miles" and that I did get some sort of benefit. Overall my ave pace was 9:39. Slower than I would have liked but I am putting in the past and moving on to next week. Hope you all have a good weekend! Happy Running!
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