I really didn't want to get up this morning. It was cold and I was tired and it was the first time in 3 nights my baby slept, but since I hadn't seen Sandra for over a week I decided I'd just do it. I found out yesterday that yoga was canceled due to a death in the teacher's family, so since I wasn't getting yoga this morning I decided I would do the extra miles at the gym. Sandra decided she wanted to start doing 4 miles and start a bit earlier, so this was our longest run and she did pretty well! The hill at the end really killed her, but the other 3 miles were good paces. 9:48, 9:40, 9:44, 11:11. I was happy to get inside and get warm and snuggle back into bed for an hour! Went to the gym and although I had found out yesterday they are up and closing on us (seriously, don't get me started about how CRAZY upset I am about this. It will cost me $80 in JUST daycare to use the new rec center and it isn't even open yet. What am I supposed to do in the meantime?!?) I figured we would get our last good day in today, but when I showed up the daycare was closed. I was ticked! I was going to just put the baby in his carseat infront of the TM and get my hour in, but they wouldn't let me. A neighbor of mine that was there and leaving offered to take Adam for me while I ran, how sweet! So, I got my 7 miles in just under an hour (AP: 8:34) and did a nice progressive run. It took a while to get myself warmed-up and I started at a 9:20, and just increased speed every 1/2 mile until I hit 8:34 and stayed there. Then, a good song came on and I upped it again, then again...well, before I knew it I did mile 6 at an 8:13 pace and mile 7 was a 7:45 pace for the mile and I finished the last 1/4 at 6:58. I really felt good. I honestly didn't think I'd feel good running again until next week. I guess all this stress from the gym closing put a little skip in my step :)
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