Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

Ahhh, much better.  6 miles along the hotel marina drive.  First 30 minutes were perfect weather-wise, though a little sketchy (but I latched onto another lady I saw jogging and tried to stay with her), second 30 minutes there were tons of tourists up and about so that was better but the sun was in full force by then.  A sweat-fest.  AP around 9:06 today, felt good and fast. 

7 lovely miles in the sun again.  Didn't feel that great when I started (shocker) but after 3 miles I felt great and just decided to keep going as long as I could tolerate the full-force sun.  Right at 7 I was all of a sudden thirsty and hungry which I knew was bad so I hightailed it to the gatorade and quit.  Most fun wedding I've ever been to later!  

Was out of sunscreen and had already ran 3 days in a row so sucked it up and went to the crappy hotel gym for 30 torturous minutes on the elliptical while reading In the Woods - a pretty enthralling yet frustrating book, recommend I guess.

Other thoughts about Mexico:  The food sucked.  All-inclusive in Mexico apparently means that hot dogs are a staple of every meal of the day.  I also don't think I ate a vegetable the whole time I was gone (not by choice) although I tried to make up for that with fruit.  I was also BORED.  There was not much to do except lay around the pool and we all know I'm only good with that for one day.  Especially when the sun is so crazy-intense.  So the second day I was like uhhhhhh....?  Aren't there some sea turtles to swim with or some waterfalls to see or some hikes to hike?  Its just not my preferred style of vacation.  It was great to be there in such a big group though and the wedding itself was a blast.  I was so ready to go home today though. 

Back to the real world and my 200+ unread emails.  Not looking forward to that.

Back in the real world with my 200 emails and fires to put it out.  Washington welcomed me back in style with ice on my windshield.  Isn't it officially spring now?  

Late evening run around the neighborhood.  In case you didn't know, Leandrea is the best.  She better prepare herself because I'm now going to call her and make her entertain me every time I run alone (I bet she loves listening to me pant and huff up those hills!).  But those 6 miles FLEW by and we all know I only would have done 3 if I hadn't been talking to her, especially since it was dark the last 30 minutes. 

TT: 56:37  AP:  9:17

Splits: 10:43 (1.1), 9:21, 9:00, 9:04, 9:10, 9:17

PS - Its finally official.  Singapore for the summer.

3.6 miles with Lisa at BPA trail.  I have some sort of cramping stomach bug or something, it stopped me in my tracks and I went home, SORRY LISA!  I suck.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.  Hopefully its not some parasite or something I ate (or the water?) in Mexico.

Had dreams of doing 10-12 tonight - it was so beautiful all day long and as I was leaving Tacoma to meet Lisa it was still sunny there but a wall of ominous black sky ahead of me!  Of course the rain didn't start until after we were all dressed and the BOB was ready to go or else I was totally ready to call a Bahama Breeze happy hour audible instead. :-)  IT POURED.  IT WAS FREEZING.  IT WAS MISERABLE!!  Both of us I think wanted to turn back after 1 but we persevered, and glad we stopped when we did - I was shivering uncontrollably in the car on the way back.  Stupid weather. 

Took Cooper on a little run this morning just for fun.  2 laps around the neighborhood.  Then went and had a horrible never-ending tennis match which I lost and wanted to die.  It really felt like a marathon that a) I didn't train for, and b) was NEVER GOING TO BE OVER.  Last one off, even against another match that started AN HOUR after ours.  Ughhhh I hate tennis right now, kind of want to quit the team, its not like I practice anyway.  My feet are so blistered and on fire.  Afterwards I wanted to challenge the lady to a half marathon so I wouldn't be such a loser. :-)