RUN 13 miles in 2:03, Club xmas eve run
RUN 3 miles in about 29 mins, commute home
Yesterday was sort of a test for running early in the morning -- did I have the gear, did I feel safe, could I see well enough at 6am? I could, so today was on the schedule. The original plan was to run to Kayaks to meet the group, run back across FoPa to work, then run home from work. In my head, I kept coming up with the number 16 as the mileage total.
I'm buzzing along on my way to Kayaks when I realize 16 is wrong, and that my mileage will be 13. I know I have bad math, but that bad? 6-7 miles to Kayaks, 3-4 back to work, then 3 home. 16?!
Even with this realization, I'm having a great run. It's warmer than it should be for xmas and I expected to be overdressed soon. I'd rather be overdressed most days, than underdressed. But I'm also running a bit late, this creates the usual stress. To handle it I cut a few corners in FoPa and arrive about 10 mins late. I met up with the group, got our group photo, then we took off. Waldo was with us, EC had a santa hat and socks, LC was running, this was something I needed! I ran half a mile with LC, then another 1.5 with EC, two people I haven't run with in quite awhile!
But then on my own after EC turned around. The rest of the group was too far ahead of me and I had no chance of catching them, couldn't even see them. So I continued towards work, thinking again about my goal mileage. If I do this then, that later, this on the weekend...(carry the 2...), realize that DH had my bag and brekkie and he won't be here until later in the morning, so was it any surprise that I kept running until I hit 13 at work!? I started dragging a little, but I was feeling much better than I did at the QP 14 miler a few days ago.
The run home was better than I expected. I thought I'd be dragging, maybe even walking. Nope! A broken long run commute is a good idea for the midweek!
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