Oh wow, it felt so good to get some sunshine today! The weather has been volatile. Like it changes every five minutes. So I felt extremely lucky that when lunch time rolled around, the sun was out.
Unfortunately, my Tall Friend couldn’t meet me today, but at least I had the sun. I turned my music up loud and ran straight out of the front door of my office. I felt great and, despite telling myself I would have a nice leisurely run, I went fast.
My legs just wanted to go. I’m having a difficult time slowing myself down when I feel good like I did today. I knew I needed to slow down, and I kept thinking I did, but then I’d look at my watch and it would say: 9:14 or 8:46 or even 7:51! My pace was all over the place. Not good. I need to figure out what my comfy pace is. I feel like it keeps changing.
Overall, it was a glorious run and I kept wishing Mel was there because I saw some great things today. During Mile 2, I followed a speedy ladybug and, later, hurdled some spilled French fries on the sidewalk. Around the beginning of Mile 3, I saw a woman speed-walking while reading a hard-cover book in one hand and eating a sandwich in the other. Now that takes talent! Not much later I passed an older male runner who had the most interesting stride. His knees came up so high in front of him that I thought he might hit himself in his chin! Big, huge stride. It was pretty amazing, actually.
Once I returned to my desk and logged my time in DailyMile, I was super surprised to see this: 8:36 pace for four miles. I think I know where this speed is coming from, but that’s another post.
How was your run today? Did you see anything interesting?
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I took my kids on their bikes today on my run. It was chilly on this side of the mountains (Walla Walla), but they persevered. Although on the the block to our house an old man crossed the center line and came straight at us! He said he was looking at “horses”. I was NOT happy and my kids were a little freaked! BUT, it was a good run. I'm totally ready for some SUN to put some punch in my runs! Glad you had a good one!
Words cannot describe how proud I am of you, Kerrie! 🙂
nice run speedy mcgee!
My run was good today. But what I looked at? My face was about 1.5 feet from a purple wall. I actually like to stare at one specific dot on the wall. So, technically, today I saw a dot on a purple wall. YAY!
Michelle! That is so scary. Glad you guys are OK.Lifestudent-a purple dot? Um. No thanks.Zoe and LB – Thanks! Zoe, you sound like my mom. 😉
You're so lucky you got a run in the sun! On my run, I saw lightening and heard thunder and felt rain… 🙁
so proud of you!!
Nice job. Solo runs (when they are AWESOME) can give you so much confidence in yourself!
AWESOME run and your face shows it all!It's a sunshiney day here and I can't wait to get out at lunch!!
Nice run! You've been logging some really speedy runs lately. Well done. You've definitely got a sub-2 half in those legs.You might have to change the name of your blog thoughMeteor Mom vs. Marathon
Sounds like you had a great run! There's nothing like being out in the sun to make you feel happy (and speedy!).
That speed is coming from good,consistent training. Well done!
I love people watching when I run. Maybe french fry hurdles can be a new sport! Nice run.