A Late Day Soggy, Windy 10

Since I was not able to run the trail run race on Saturday, I had hoped to try to squeeze in a run on Saturday. Not wanting to get up and start at 6am (though in hindsight that was the better choice) I was unable to run on Saturday. It was a nonstop day, ending with a trip down to my parents to spend the night. While there I was able to fix my dad’s computer… still not sure how he can mess a computer up so quickly, but oh well… Steph could relax and my parent’s could spend time with Lilli.

 

The next morning we went to breakfast for my mom’s and my birthday (they are the same day - the 17^th). Afterwards we relaxed at the house. I finished up re-installing some stuff on my dad’s computer and the next thing we knew it was 3 in the afternoon… all day it was windy and on and off rain, so a run was looking less and less likely. We left and had to make a couple of stops before getting home. Once I got home I changed into my running clothes and headed out to meet John for a run. I didn’t think we’d be doing 9 miles, but left it as an option.

 

We headed out and kept the pace easy. The wind helped too as it seemed we were running in place at times. Then a gentle rain came down soaking us, but we pushed on. Once in the protection of the trees at Fort Harrison State Park, it was better, but we spent a lot of time dodging fallen branched on the paths. As we headed out of the park, I thought we were at 7 miles from previous runs, but the GPS only said 6.5. That didn’t sound right, and it meant our pace was only 10:00/mile. John decided that was enough for him, so I kept on, thinking I’d do another 1.5 miles and call it a night. I chose a path that I thought might be enough, but it turned out to be a bit longer and instead of 8 miles it looked like it might be 8.5. Since I was so close to 9 I pushed on a little more and then got to 9, so I figure might as well make it an even 15k.

 

I got done, my knee a little sore, my clothes soaked and feeling a little tired, but felt pretty good for getting 15k done. When I got home though, I mapped the route and found out we had actually run 7 miles, and I had actually run 10.1 miles… hmm... nice surprise.

 

I took today as a rest day, but that just means Wednesday will not be a rest day – besides with it being my birthday it will be that much more special.

 

Happy running…