I decided to run in the sun today. I might as well face it, I'm going to be in some heat come Saturday. I did a 1 1/2 mile warm up and then wanted to see if I could remember how to run a mile around 8 minute pace. I'm not sure if I was suppose to do that or not, but I want to be prepared and see what my knee can handle. I didn't look at the Garmin until the end. I just wanted to run and see what happened. I was hoping it would be close to the 8 mm. When I got done I looked and I had ran the mile in 7:31, (I even had a road kill, which is probably why I ran faster than I had planned. I was pracitcing taking people down. Little did that really nice lady know she had a target on her back. :o)) I was definitely breathing hard, but my legs felt great! I wore the band around the top of my knee to see how that felt. I think I will wrap it on Saturday too. If I decide I don't like it I can always take it off. Isn't it funny how dedicating something to someone works? I've been talking to people that I am dedicating a mile to and it is interesting to see their response. I feel honored to have them to dedicate it to and they, in return, feel honored to have the dedication in their behalf. It is a simple thing for me to do and yet it means so much to me and to them. Simple things....they are so important. We all need to do more simple things for each other! Here's to simple things! :o) (o:
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