tried getting out early, but something came up- so I started 10 min late (4:40). I made up most of the time, and only got home 3 min late. Not too shabby. Of course after stretching and rolling around on that silly foam roller, my morning was gone, no time for breakfast or a nap. Althought I do believe somewhere in the midst of praying, I may have dozed off for a minute or two. I'm hoping He understands.
Ran a route that connects my two spokes, so it was a loop. Only 1/2 mile of out & back near my house. Hated trying to find a pace.during the first few miles. I used my Garmin to help me out. I was cursing it the first 45 minutes, but in the end was glad I used it. I need to focus on finding my race pace and practicing it. I think today was a little faster than I'm going to shoot for, but at least it was fairly consistent (just under 9mm).
One scary part of the run... on the connector section. There is a swamp, and the road runs next to it/through it. No lights at all, lots of trees (so no moonlight), and my wild imagination. I ran right in the middle of the road so no alligators or snakes would come out of the swamp at me. It's only .25 miles long, but it seemed to go on forever. Car lights would have been good, but then I would have been too close to the swamp. In the daylight, this is one of my favorite places to run past because of the beautiful lilly pads among the cypress trees. Night time is a whole different creature.
The moon was lovely. It was setting just as I was finishing up. I was glad I'd been out and had the chance to see it floating among the clouds. Most of the world missed the beauty. Lucky lady pirate today- moon treasures and no alligators.
After work 7.7 miles on the bike. nice ride- so refreshing. | 