Believe to Achieve

got home at just after 7am.  Got in bed at 7:35.  Woke at 12:09.   Yay, 4.5 hours of sleep be it daytime sleep it is more than 3 hours.  And that's with a little sleep aid 1/2 tab of xanax.  So of course I wasn't quite in the mood to run at first and even tried to fall back to sleep.  To no avail.  I decided to get up drink ice cold water to fully awake myself, see my kids, feed them lunch then leave on my run by 1:40pm.  I should just leave when I think of running because the more I wait the more tired I get.  Oh well.  Just told myself to go at 10 min pace and enjoy the fresh air.  It was warm-- 40 degrees I think and was quite pleasant rockin' out to Troy's music on his $30 dollar cheapo player as I killed my iPod on Tuesday's run. Short as that run was my iPod had been taking a beating with my sweaty runs in California and then my runs with this new protector that I could see was locking in the moisture after runs.  Gradually the buttons wouldn't work and then presto no more music, no more lit up screen.  Bummer.  Looked this up on the internet and found a guy who had "ruined" at least 20 iPods from his sweat.  He has a long blog about his frustration there.  Funny.  Mine has lasted 3 years I think. Still bummed.  Figure something 100 dollars should last longer.  Anyway, Troy's music more rockin' then mine so it at least kept me awake for the run.   I grazily ran towards the PG rec thinking of doing some TM miles but the AQ was so nice I just stayed outside and headed up the hills of East PG.  Just mozied along without a care and it felt great.  Each mile I felt more and more alive and not more and more like a zombie arising from the grave.  I felt renewed and reflected on my last run as a 40 year old.  Tomorrow I turn 41.  A Sunday, so no running on my b-day.  A rest day of all things.  What a present.  Did an awesome steep hill loop and breathed in some great pine smells mixed with the melting snow.  So lovely.  Thought my pace would be 9:30 to 10 avg so was glad to see it at 8:51 for 11.1 miles.  Off to work I go.