With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams...

Still cold outside.  Weather man said 17 before I went out the door.  I'm waiting for the warm-up they keep promising later this week.

Ran 5 miles.  Started slower, then found a 9:35 pace average the last 4 miles.  Nothing hurt, but I could feel my legs were still a bit tired from Saturday when I got to 1/2 mile point.

Came home, ate a little, then I did the shred 1 workout.  Tired legs for sure, but I could tell my arms were getting a little stronger.

Back to work, happy day.

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On a side note, I think I might have started falling asleep while I was running this morning.  I was running my route backward, and at one point in the run, the road dead-ended in front of me, and I looked up and cried out, "where am I?"  I had no idea where I was.  Instead of running the cul-de-sac and going straight, I'd followed the curve of the road and ended up down a different street.  Totally took me by surprise.  I really don't remember having any thoughts passing through my head after I started the cul-de-sac.    It's a new one for me.

It was 33^o ouside this morning at 5 am.  How ironic that I was excited at how warm it was.  It was 32 when I finished at 6.  Humidity low 40%.

6 miles, first slow at 10:10, then 4 miles around a 9:10 pace, last mile was 8:50.

Came home, fixed b-fast, then did the shred 1 before I ate and got ready for the day.

Uneventful morning. 

ran after work, it was warmer

6 mile tempo run, warm up, 4 miles tempo, cool down

My tempo paces were around 8:50's.

got up and ran this morning.  low, low 20's from 5-6 am.  they're promising warmer weather tomorrow

5 slow miles.  Warm up was 10:59, then 3 at 9:50 and a 9:40 for the last mile.

Tried bleachers after school.  That was tough.  It had been a month since I'd done them, and my legs had forgotten how to master those steps.  I only managed a mile on the bleachers, then ran around the track for a while.  

20 min elliptical med. difficulty

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.