Seeking a better country...

This illness is knocking me out.  4 miles this morning, just to see if I remembered how.  Hating the heat.

Another hot morning 4 miler.  I think I'm finally putting this cold behind me.  My energy level is a lot better, with much less coughing.

Longest run in a while.  Freedom Hills via bst.  It is hot enough to merit soaking in every available sprinkler.  Sure it makes your shoes soggy, but that's a small price to pay.  I even ran entire hills, so I think I'm back to 95% healthy.

I was laying on the bed at 6:15 am, debating whether to run this race or not.  I know I'm not in shape to run it.  I've run it 7 times in a row, so it's the only racing streak I have.  The debate raged for 11 more minutes when I got up, put on some shoes, ate a piece of toast and went to city hall to register.  I had my bib pinned on with 2 minutes to wait before starting the race.  My warmup was the run yesterday, and the walk to the start line.

First mile was 7:30, finished in under 22 minutes.  Earlier in the week I thought I'd be happy with anything under 8 minute pace, so being at 7:07 pace was a pleasant surprise.  I ran the last couple miles with a former sprinter girl who is trying to make some headway in the longer distances.  I almost helped her puke. 

I didn't stick around for awards, because I didn't deserve any, and needed to get home to get everyone ready to throw 50lbs of candy in the parade.  Fun times.