The last couple weeks has been anything but usual for me. I'm spending a lot of time playing with my new daughter and less time resting...that makes for one tired mama. (To all my mom friends out there, I'm sorry if I ever had complained about you being tired.) So what does all this mean for running? It means I have to find a new groove, a new routine, that works for me, work, and more importantly my daughter. In no way does this change my running goals. They are very important to me and my physical and emotional health. So 1000 miles...I'm still staring you down and on target to hit the mark a whole month early.
Today I logged another nap time run. Almost as soon as my little girl was sound asleep I tied on those running shoes and hit the pavement. It was a tough one. I've not done a lot of outdoors running this month (again, the dreadmill was the machine of choice in China) so I've got to get my lungs used to running in the humidity and pollen again. To that end, I probably went out to hard and fast today for what I had hoped would be a six mile run, but ended up as a five and a half miler. Oh well, close enough.
I took off in the usual "at home" direction. I don't normally run at home in the middle of the day, so how was I to know my route is nothing but blazing sun at noon? It's shady all other times. Also, the smell of that dead deer from June is back. Ewwww. But hopefully this is the start of getting everything back in working order for the road. August and September are busy racing months for me...October and November also for that matter...so just a couple weeks left to make sure I'm still in fine racing shape.
On another matter, the nap time run will only work as long as I've got Jay home to monitor the house. That ends Monday. So, we're going to have to get that jogging stroller in good working order by next week. Happy trails!!!
Stats:
Miles: 5.4
Time: 47:24 (average pace of 8:46 per mile...slow)
Location: Bay Head, Log Inn
Feeling: sluggish and hot
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