I was actually able to run tonight without worrying about getting finished fast since my husband took the kids to clean his sister's yard and out to the farm. He wanted me to pick them up when I was done running, but I need to get some stuff done without them (packing and bills and whatnot) plus I wanted to run a little bit longer than normal. Hooray for little victories. So here I am blogging instead of paying bills.... I started a normal 8 mile route and then changed my plan slightly because to get in 8 miles I get near my house at mile 7 and then run out again and I didn't want to take the chance that I'd get lazy. So I ran out 4 miles and then ran back the same route so mile 4 was a nice steady uphill (with the wind) and mile 5 was back downhill (against the wind, which seemed stronger than the 14 mph than it was. But man does it make a difference when the wind is accompanied by sunshine and 70 degrees). My pace was all over the map, but none of my miles was slower than 9 min or faster than 8:20 (and that was the uphill but with the wind mile). I averaged 8:48.
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