April 2, 2011

I ran 12 today. What a work out :). Seriously I thought I was ready for this but some how about mile 7 I got off and was thinking I was at mile 8. Really who does that? Obviously me. So anyone out there that might not get this it is really hard to be a mile behind what you think you are but I recovered and kept going. the first 8 miles (with the exception of the being off a mile thing) was true bliss. It felt great. I was cruising along loving life and then then I turned up 4th East to head home and then I realized why the first 8 miles were bliss I had a tail wind (Is that right?). Well yeah then I turned around and was running into the wind. Is this normal when you are running south? It seems to be lately and is quite annoying. My friend was watching  the girls and I was oh so tempted to call her and say hey will you come pick me up. No I wasn't going to cut my run short I was just going to head north 4 more miles and be happy. I decided what wouldn't kill me would only make me stronger plus I had a drink waiting for me that was CALLING my name. I did it. It was hard as usually but now I am done and feel great. I was proud of my time. It was 1:43. Which is only three minutes slower than the half I ran last year and this was definitely (I hope) not one of my best runs. Maybe I can beat that time come August. I am still doing five during the week but I can't decide if I should bump this up. I really need to get over to a friends and ask him what he would do.