I am so glad this week is over. So busy at work with end of semester testing. And topped off with a tough 20 mile run today. It'll be one of those weeks I look back on and say, at least my week isn't as crazy as that week. We had church cleaning duty this am. Then home for b-fast and off to our run. We went on a new course today. It was cool to get to run around the airfield and watch the planes take off and land. It was a 6.5 mile loop, and I thought it was going to be flat, but I was wrong. We started at the top, ran down, then around the airfield, and then, at the end....back up. It was about a mile uphill climb. Good training, but not what I was expecting. Mr. ran the first two loops with me. We kept a good pace up until mile 10, and then we slowed a little. My over-all pace was around 9:50. Not my best 20 mile pace, but I was just happy to finish today. At mile 16, I had an emotional break-down and didn't think I'd be able to finish. I called RAD for some encouragement around 17. It was just what I needed. We are fast, we are strong, we can run all day long! I just repeated the chant over and over. Luckily, Mr. found me (he was driving around in the car) and gave me some gatorade a couple of times the last 2 miles. After I got up that big hill the last time, and only had .5 miles left, I had a good fast run down the other side of the hill to finish. We went and had a whopper after a quick shower at the gym. It was so scrumptious. I was going to get ice cream, but the shake I wanted was out...so I'm holding off till Monday to get my tasty shake. I'll be deciding all day Sunday on what will be the best shake ever. We had a big shopping trip to do before we went home, then we took the kids out for dinner, and after that went to watch our local hockey team get beat down by a team from Mississippi. Final score 2-5. Good fights= 0. Drunk people arguing with security=2. At least we got one good show! Thanks again RAD for the help. I needed it soooooo badly. You're the best.
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