So marathon training started yesterday…..and my alarm didn’t go off.
Being the brilliant person that I am, I woke up at or near my usual time, but because I had not heard an alarm, decided that it was too early and first day excitement was to blame so I went back to sleep. Without actually checking the time. I didn’t wake up again until Tucker crawled in bed with us and I saw light coming through the tiny gaps in our window blinds. I rocket launched out of bed only to realize that it was almost 7:00 and I should have already been in the shower.
No lovely, peaceful, pre-dawn run with Ruger today.
It all worked out though because it was still a bit light out when I got home from work and Seth even came with me and Ruger on his bike. I took it nice and slow since I spent so much of January being sick with some sort of respiratory thing (our county had around 1,200 cases of whooping cough last time I checked so it might have been something along those lines). Here are my splits (including stops to let Ruger sniff):
| DISTANCE | PACE | ELAPSED TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 mi | 11:29 min/mi | 00:11:28 |
| 2.0 mi | 10:20 min/mi | 00:10:19 |
| 3.0 mi | 11:02 min/mi | 00:11:02 |
Followed the run with some light stretching, 10 squats, and10 reps, each side, each way of forward and backward lunges. Got to keep the ol’ knees strong!
And, a picture of my favorite kids in the world because I brought them to the library, the car wash and Costco on Saturday all by myself without any embarrassing or frustrating incidents to speak of….other than the guy who tried to pick me up by stealing my shopping cart before he realized that this lady comes with a husband and two boys in tow.
