Last night when I went to bed I was sure I had strep. Body aches, tired, swollen throat, stuffy nose, each minute getting worse. So, I bagged getting up early and decided I needed the sleep more. 9 hours later I woke up feeling good - excellent!
Took baby comando-destruco to nursery and left with high hopes. Six miles later I picked him up with no bad reports! whew! Must be my lucky day.
2 miles @ 4% - 9:40, 9:25
3 miles @ 2% - 8:42, 8:25, 8:30
1 mile @ 1% - sub 8:00 - started at 8:00 then went progressively faster each quarter, then the last quarter I increased every .05 to finish with a 7:30 the last .05
Yes, I know I cheated, but I needed to be done, quickly. I figured one mile at 1% couldn't hurt too much, especially if I want to run outside tomorrow.
I wanted to do masters swim afterward, but since I didn't want to leave Buster in the nursery 2 hours (I would be pushing my luck, I'm sure!) I decided to try their mom & me swim class. It is 30 min of water aerobics for mom while holding/playing with baby, then 20 min of a swim class for baby and then 10 min free play. Fartlek LOVED the class, big smiles and lots of fun - the aerobics part wasn't really much to shout about, but being able to workout with my baby was totally worth the smiles on his face. I may have to start taking him every Tuesday!
TT for the 6 miles: 53:20 - AP: 8:53; oh my 8's, how I've missed you!!! 800ft of vert.
So, last chance...anyone in for an 8:30ish birthday run tomorrow? Starting at the District and ending at my house (about 7 milesish). I think there may be a possiblity of stopping by keaders on the drive back to the district for some breakfast.... | 
