After the kids got off to school it took me 15 minutes to decide if I was going to run hill repeats by my work, or to stick close to home for some faertleking (still funny after all these years). I'm very distraught over the situation with the bridge construction that denys me a straight shot at the lake. I have to run down my neighborhood. I don't mind my neigbhorhood as long as I don't have to run through it and remind myself that I don't, in fact, live in the South of France or Chile (as sometimes time on the trail will lead me to believe). Also, I like to take the dogs along for the ride, and there's just no way to do it thorugh the neighborhood without bringing a *plastic bag* yeeuuck. I tried very hard to day to run 100 Meter strides and sprints. I am at war with what might be considered VO2 capacity. When I get going that fast for 100 or so feet, I feel like I'm going to pass out. My eyes feel like rolling into the back of my head, and I have a hard time keeping them open (weird, I know). I don't think my body likes being pushed very much, and it tries to shut me down and I find it extremely hard not to stop, bend over, and catch my breath before running again. I jog so slow at the end of a pick up, it's slower than walking I'm sure. I wish I knew what in the hell I was doing. All I know is that pushing my speed a couple of times during a run a couple of times a week has made racing a better experience. How it works, I do not know. I just hope my legs can handle the next two weeks. Crunch time. Two of my longest Saturday Runs, and all the rest of my hill repeats and speed work need to cement their effect now. I CAN do this!!!I CAN CAN CAN! | 