My plan for today was to get a 6 mile tempo run in the middle of my 13. I started out a little sluggish and wasn't sure I had it in me today so decided to just see what happens. After a 3 mile warm up and visit with other runners for a few minutes we started off. I was keeping it easy at first as Tom and a few guys took off a bit faster. The group I was in was lagging a bit so I decided to try to catch the guys and see if I could get my tempo run in after all. I ended up with a 3 mile/2mile/1 mile progression run. The cool down miles and the Rui mile felt a little harder than I would have liked them to. But I'm glad the guys gave me the motivation I needed to get some faster miles in there. Three other things define this morning's run: - The "skunk puddle". Carolyn could smell a skunk and then she saw something in the road, therefore it must be a skunk. Everyone stops to sneak carefully around....a puddle.
- Dang Chad did his sneak up behind Carolyn and I to give us both an early morning scream session. I hope no one in the river bottoms was yelling at me for waking them!
- Bug breakfast....I need to run with my mouth closed...bug in and right down the throat before I knew what hit me. I'm sure it was still wiggling as he took the slide to my tummy. Yuck!
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