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

Another beautiful morning- perfect for a run.  I had troubles with a nasty stitch in my belly and I had to stop frequently to stretch it out.  I had to stop at .5, 1, 2, 3 and 4.  Then the last 3+ miles I ran without any problems at all.  Very strange.  I was even able to increase my pace the last couple of miles.

Went out again for an evening run with Wyatt to discuss events of the day.  I had to stop again at mile .7 to stretch out the same stupid stitch in my belly.  What the heck?  It didn't bother me much again at all during our run, but at mile 2.5 I needed a walk break.  The temps weren't too high, but the sun felt hot and I'll admit my legs were tired.

It has been a very long time since I've run with tired legs.  I forgot for a while what it was all about.  Once I realized what was causing me to feel that exhausted feeling, I was able to just ignore it and push on.  Slowly.

So I got 7.31 in the morning and 4.53 in the evening.  I managed to mop the floors inbetween and made some home made bread.  Like a domestic boss.

Bittersweet sending mini-me off to her first day of 12th grade.  The beginning of the end.  She'll never have another free first day of school again. 

Got up and out earlier, but it wasn't dark- that was nice.  I did some tempo work, but I could feel Tyrone the tapeworm still causing me pain.  A couple hours later I was walking around doing errands while I got my oil changed in town, and it really started hurting.  I hope whatever is causing it will go away soon.

Early morning- out in the dark.  My headlamp batteries need to be recharged after sitting in the bottom of my running basket all summer.  They started out bright, but quickly dimmed- isn't that the story of my life?

The good news is that Tyrone the tapeworm stayed at home today.  I really appreciated that.  I think he was happy that I fed him a few blocks of chocolate before bed, so he gave me the morning off.  It's a compromise I could get used to.

I left my garmin at home.  I had it out and getting satellites online, then locked up the house and by the time I realized I left in inside, it was too much hassle to get out.  I felt like I ran a good tempo today- at least that was what my effort told me.  I did have a little trouble with my knee towards the end.  Could be the increase mileage or the increased tempo- could be both.  I'll take it easy and slow tomorrow and Friday so I'll be good to go for a nice long run Saturday. 

I did get to enjoy a beautiful sunrise, and although it was super humid, it wasn't hot.  It's going to be in the 90s again today with horrid humidity so I am grateful that I got my run in early.

Ran figure 8 loops around the park.  It got hot and I ran slow, but no one seemed to mind.  There was a woman walking with her little dog and when I ran past them, the dog decided it wanted to run along with me.  She jogged behind her dog as it jogged along with me.  After a while, she stopped jogging and had the dog walk, but then when I got 15 feet away, the dog started running again and the whole charade continued for almost a mile.  I am pretty sure she thought it was cute.  I was listening to my ipod and not really in love with her dog being at my heels like that.

I was glad when they finally stopped stalking me.  In fact I was so thrilled that I celebrated by going home and doing nearly 4 hours of yard work.  Wore myself out, but the yard looks awesome.

Rest day- but I did get a workout with OG's all you can eat pasta.  Asiago garlic alfredo- freaking delicious.

Foggy morning, ran 2 miles with MR and then he hopped on the bike and played world's best water-boy for the rest of my run.  I was planning on running 10 more, but at some point when my decision making skills were compromised by the sunshine coming out and baking my brain, I agreed to run a route I wasn't familiar with. 

So my 12 turned into over 14.  We stopped at a gas station to put some ice and water in the water bottles and I actually finished pretty strong.  I needed a nap when I was done, but what else are Saturdays for?