Chug-along-chica!

2.85 this morning with Christine at 9:46 pace. Feeling busy these days!

Last night I dreamed that I easily beat my old high school record for the 5K in a local race. It was such a nice dream.   A dreeeeeeeeeeeam is a wiiiiiiiiiish your heart makes...

1.15 more tonight barefoot.  I have achieved a very deep level of exhaustion today just working with my kids.   Can't wait to hit the pillows tonight.

2.85 with Christine at 9:57. We were both dragging like roadkill this morning. I don't think I even opened my eyes all the way until we were a mile out. Why am I soooo tired?

Mmmmm.  I feel soo much better after taking a quick nap this afternoon.  Thanks for the tip, Kim!  2.15 barefoot miles this evening at 10:25 pace.   Felt really good.
 

2.85 with Christine at 9:46 pace on ave.

You know how you are supposed to check your smoke detectors once a month to make sure the batteries are still good? Well, it is very inconvenient to get out the ladder and hike up there so many times. It is much easier to do what I did yesterday and basically burn some scrambled eggs to ashes, and get those alarms all going off at once. The only drawback is that it stinks, and it is noisy for quite a while. ;)

Later....For dinner tonight we ate at McDonald's. But I abstained. I just kept thinking about that 1:50 half in my future. So I came home and ate Raisin Bran instead. : )

2.15 barefoot tonight at 9:40 pace on ave. I focused on relaxing the whole time.

2.15 at 9:57 pace including a short stretch of walking.  For some reason I got a really painful cramp in my chest this morning.  Scared me just a little because it was right where I think my heart is.   It didn't go away when I slowed down or even walked, so I just cut my run short.  Probably caused by a lack of chocolate in my diet. ; )

I'm taking an extra rest day for my heart.

Bleh. I had to wait for James to get home from the Father & Sons campout to go for my run. (I still had my little 3 year-old who was sick and struggling with asthma symptoms.) So it was almost midday when I ran. It was good--I had almost forgotten what it feels like to get heat exhaustion. You get that nice layer of dead skin build-up on your lips and start seeing little purple men (not really). But anyway, I hope to get a few more miles in when it cools down this evening.

Later...4.79 at 9:52 pace just to push me over 27 for the week. I've been in high 20s for several weeks now. Time to step it up to low 30s. Wish me consistency, everybody!