Tuesday, February 15, 2011

2.07 miles in 16:52

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i felt a lot better during this morning's run that i thought i would. after running 10 miles on the treadmill last night, i was sure i'd be sore and stiff. i was when i first got up. i was when jon and i walked a couple blocks to warm up, but within a block of our start, all the stiffness went away and i was able to let loose a bit.

i must say, running two miles at 8:09 pace is a lot different than running ten at 10:00. the one is physically taxing, the other mentally tough. i think i'd prefer physical exhaustion over mental duress any day. i'll probably get a two-for-one special when i run my half marathon. what a deal!

since we didn't start at our normal spot, we just kind of wandered around this morning, turning this way and that as the mood struck us. we ran passed keri, kim and christie on main street and keri decided jon needed to cool off a bit. luckily for him, her snowball disintegrated before making solid contact. a little coworker spat!

to avoid further conflict, we turned off at cherry and headed west and then south on osage. we turned east again on mill and ran across to high where we headed north back toward the grade school. we ran west in front of the school and then south on elm. a two-block circle (or oval, i guess) brought us back to my place. we walked a block to cool down, then jon left. i walked back to the house and came in.

wow! i'm tired! it's a good tired though. hope some of my speed comes back soon. i need a longer sub-8 paced run soon or i'm going to scream!

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