Stroller pushin in Texas

6 miles.  4 on the TM while N slept.  I started on 7 and bumped it up every .10.  Every mile, I would step back. 7.0, 7.5 8.0 8.5. 4 miles in 30 min.

2 miles on the track.

MMG hill climbs.  Got to 1110 ft.  Don't know how this happened because all of my rests were at 1% instead of 0%. 

N woke up at 4.25 miles into the workout, arrrrr. But then she watched me until i got to 7 miles. :)  We went upstairs and ran 2 miles. 

They were practicing military funeral services in the gym.  Thought it was pretty creepy when they rolled a coffin into the gym.

Oh this was fast.  started at 7.0 and bumped it up .1 every .10.  Every mile would start at a new speed.  7.0, 7.5, 8.0... It was hard.  The last two miles were 1 min on 9.0 1 min 7.0

6.2 around the base pushing the stroller.  Felt like poop

4 EZ on the TM.  Baby woke up and I really didn't care to be there any longer to tell you the truth.

What happens when a cold front comes to Texas?  AWESOME running weather, that is what happens.  I think this was the BEST long run I have ever had in my life. 8:05 AP

David started out a 5:30 am and I laid in bed until 6.  Got up and dressed, fed Naomi and ate a banana.  I didn't get out the door until around 7 am.  When I stepped outside it was misting and it felt WONDERFUL.  Actually I felt rather cold (68).  

We started out pretty quick, around an 8 mm and I was concerned because I still had a LONG way to go and David was on the back end of his LR.  He pushed the stroller and he was going like it wasn't even hard.  Around the 7 mile mark, it down poured.  We had to seek shelter because we didn't want Naomi to get wet.  We stood under a car port at the dorms and we ran back and forth underneath.  I bet anyone watching thought we were NUTS.  

We started back up and it felt good again.  I dropped David off around the 9 mile mark, changed my shirt, drank Gatorade and was off again.  I ran 5 more miles and came back home for my 2nd Caramel GU.  

The last 6 miles I decided I would pick the pace up and do speed work at the end of my LR.  I came out of my house and there was a female runner I tried to stay with for a long time.  I looked down at my watch and we were going around a 7 mm.  I just smiled because I was on mile 15, I bet she was on mile 2 or something.  She still beat up to the West gate.  Man, I need to find out who she is so I can run with her.  Probably a student from the Academy here for UPT.

I decided I would run as fast as I could down a hill, recover and climb back up at a steady pace.  I did this 4x.  Last mile was a cool down.  When my watch hit 20, I stopped it and looked at my AP.  I swore out loud!!!  This was the fastest I have ever gone on a LR.  I was super proud of my performance, I feel REALLY ready for SGM.  I would be cool to PR, but I am not planning to.  

I saw 3 baby trianchulas, 2 dead toads and 1 dead prarie dog.  hmmm.  

Next 3 weeks and we will see what I can do as far as speed.  David and I are both getting stoked about SGM!