TexasLindsey

12 miles at 11am.  Weather=49F, 8mph wind, cloudy.  Average pace=8:17/m.

mile 1- 8:20

mile 2- 8:16

mile 3- 8:10

mile 4- 8:09

mile 5- 8:06

mile 6- 8:04

mile 7- 8:04

mile 8- 8:12

mile 9- 7:49

mile 10- 8:57

mile 11- 8:41

mile 12- 8:46

Well, I ended up catching the sickness that my husband and four year old had.  It hit me Thursday night. Turns out it was strep throat.  I started taking antibiotics and I was feeling better by Sunday when Ashley called and invited to run 12 miles with her and Wendy. 

The first couple miles were hard on me.  I felt like I couldn't catch my breath, but that might have had something to do with me just getting over this sickness.  I was having a hard time talking and running.  I told the girls that the only way I was going to make it was if I put in my ipod earbuds and concentrated.  Once I did that I started thinking of the run as a tempo run.  I kinda got ahead of the girls slightly.  They were just talking the whole way.  It was just an easy run for them.  They are in much better fitness than I am right now.  

Mile 9 was fast because I was really thirsty and there was a water fountain at the end of that mile.  After this water stop though, I was wiped.  I decided to just run it easy the final 3 miles.  Ashley and Wendy passed me by and I told them I'd see them at the running store.  My left IT band started acting up during this time.  I ran through the pain but it wasn't easy. 

It was kinda funny when we finished Ashley noticed that my shoe was all bloody.  It turns out one of my toenails had cut the skin on the toe next to it.  It looked alot worse than it felt.  I didn't even notice it that much.   I've also got a big toenail that is about to come off and a black toenail and a blister the size of a quarter.  When I take time off from running, my feet really pay the price when I start back up again!