Believe to Achieve

NOT liking the kids being back at school.  It is messing with my running schedule.  Since I was at work the last two days for the kids' first two days of school I couldn't leave my house at 6:30 to get in my 20 miler with MP.  But then I totally didn't feel like it right then.  I was nervous to run it by myself so I talked myself out of running 20 today and then I drove Courtney's carpool to school at 7:45am.  Stopped at my other daughters' elem. school to see if I could switch tracks and have my kids go on A track and be out of the house by 7:55am.  But nope.  No room for one of my daughters.  I also have no carpool since everyone in my neighborhood is on A track.  Anyway....TIME KEEEPS TICKING away and after I take Amber and Brooke to school at 9:10am I decided I would just do my 6 x 1000 meters and go over to the rec center since it is already in the high 80s outside.  Geez.  But I get there and the way my morning was going this just put the icing on my cake---THEY ARE CLOSED FOR CLEANING UNTIL AUGUST 29TH!!! seriously?  Melanie had run at AF because Lehi's Rec is also closed for cleaning and she said the TMs don't go fast enough, just to 10 mph.  Of course my goal was only a 6:15 for them but I just didn't feel like going to AF.  It is a VERY CROWDED little TM room.  Blah.  Time is still ticking.  As I pulled in my driveway feeling HORRIBLY unmotivated I called Kelli.  Darn she already ran.  I whined to her about my UNMOTIVATED SELF and then Kim called me back and I WHINED some more.  WELL  I finally in my tired body DRUG IT TO THE SIDEWALK and thought "just put one foot in front of the other and see if you can run today one step at a time".  My goal was to run 4 mile warmup and do some 1000 repeats at AF high school.  WELL..... I ran a 7.1 mile warmup *AP= 7:48,  towards down town AF and by Good Earth and then North and then East and then on the new River trail, where I soaked my hat in water and continued a loop coming back to AF high school.  AHHHHHH cold water in their school.  I must put in here how I NEVER looked at my pace except when it beeped that another mile passed by.  I WAS UTTERLY in shock that my first mile was 8:20.  I told myself to slow it down but then  I ran an 8:00, then 7:38, 7:42, 7:41, 7:43, 7:31!!!! THIS IS IN SEARING 94 DEGREE HEAT (the sign at AF high school was such a welcome sight with THAT news).  I thought for a moment HOW CRAZY I was to even attempt some 1000 meter repeats (2.5 laps) but decided everyone already knows that so no biggie.  I  ran the first one (no watch peeking at all) and AGAIN SHOCKING--- 5:59 pace for 1000 meters at 94 degrees!!  I ran 1.5 laps in between at 8:11 pace and ran the second repeat at even faster pace--  5:54!!!!! HELLO. Ran 1.5 laps at 7:58 pace.  But boy was this SEARING dryish heat  giving me a VERY dry scratchy throat!!  I ran inside the school and got some cold water to drink and dipped my hat again.  I also ate a gu chomp.  I took four with me on this run.  This was my third one.  They helped a lot.  Then ran the third one at 6:03!!!!  HELLO!!!  WHAT is the deal??    this WHOLE no looking at the GARMIN thing is so GOOD FOR ME!!    I have to say that the third one I started out too fast because some guy was staring at me from under a shade tree but he was gone by the second lap.  That quicker start made me overshoot and slow too much.  But I also have to say I NEVER FELT TAXED aerobically.  My breathing was even.  The only problem was when I stopped I could tell I had been sweating a lot because I got that feeling you get in your body when it is trying to cool you off so you don't have heat stroke-- your arms feel tingly etc... and you feel a bit cold but shouldn't because it is hot out.  Sooo  I used that as a good excuse NOT to run anymore 1000 meter repeats today.  Went inside the school  for more water as all the kids were coming out for lunch/recess so I was definitely glad I didn't run any more laps.  Ran 3.65 mile cooldown to my house.  AP 7:52.  MASSIVELY HOT NOW!!!  Probably 96 degrees for sure.  Not sure why I am running faster lately more easily and especially in the heat. Weird.   All in the name of SUB THREE BABY!!! :D.   Oh the best part about this run was the finish.   I rubbed an ice cube all over my body then a half hour later iced myself in the river for 9 minutes. VERY REFRESHING :D.