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September 12, 2006
An easy 7 miler
Yesterday I ran an easy 7 miles. I know that sounds like a normal thing to say, but I just have to say it one more time...I ran an easy 7 miles. I ran with the girls I coach and we did not run particularly fast, but we were going a decent pace, probably 8:30s at the beginning and 8:00s at the end, and I felt great for the whole thing. It was so much fun to just chat and enjoy running and not have to work so hard at it.
Afterward I came home and showered and fed Ryan. My parents came over to babysit so my husband and I could go out to celebrate what to the rest of the country is a day of national tragedy, and is otherwise known as my 29th birthday! Dave and I had dinner at a local restaurant and than we came back and picked up my parents and Ryan and went out for ice cream. Overall it was a very enjoyable birthday. I am glad that as I approach a new decade next year I am feeling very content with where I am at in my life and anyway who can worry about getting older when you still have to deal with people thinking you are in high school (I even got middle school once just 2 years ago, seriously).
Today I did an hour on the elliptical in the morning, although it took several attempts to get Ryan to let me do the workout. The first 20 minutes or so were broken up by many stops to switch Ryan's position or to rock him in his seat, but he finally fell asleep long enough for me to finish the workout, stretch and shower. It is amazing how much of a luxury I consider getting to take a shower right after a workout, now. At practice the girls were doing a speed workout and I timed all but the last interval. The girls really wanted me to run with them and I figured I could keep up even out of shape for 1200 meters. I hate to say I was wrong. I could run with all but the top 3, but I can't believe how fast sub-6 minute pace feels now! I had to take a short cut to get the front girls their times...sigh. I think I will blame it on the fact that I did not do a warm up beforehand, or I could just accept the fact that this is going to be a process of months not weeks getting back into shape...but denial is so much easier. I than ran another 5 miles with my top girl who needed to get some more mileage in, so I ended up enjoying myself in the end.
Posted by Ann at September 12, 2006 9:33 PM