It was a beautiful, serene morning on the trail. I got up early enough the sun was still behind the mountain a good long while. Summer takes on this sort of self-satisfaction, like a women 7 months pregnant. Full of life, and tranquil about her place in the cycle of life. Speaking of self-satisfied pregnancies....Tommorrow I'll be running with Catherine for the first time since SHE DITCHED ME to have a baby! Can you believe? (sweet,beautiful baby girl born April). Also I asked Sarah to run a few miles with me today (she's 5 months along). She's concerned about her slowness... I was excited about a few 12:00's (which right now feels kin to eating an ice cream cone), but that girl, with the cutest round tummy ever, pushed me for four miles at a 10:00 minute pace. It was fun to pass those 4 miles together. Have a great day Sarah!
P.S. I love having 'permission' to not take friday's off anymore. In fact, I love running 6 days a week, and I'm enjoying doing 6 or more miles every day. That must be the weirdest, most obessive thing I have ever said. But I thought I was doing myself a favor going less days, less miles. I'm over the initial tiredness of the new mileage, and feeling better about my overall abilities. I'm sure it will go in cycles, but two weeks in, I feel great.
8:52/8:34/8:28/8:12/8:45 on my own and 10:45/10:52/10:46/10:22 with Sarah (9:02 miles back home w/o Sarah).
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