Well I beat my goal, so that's the good news. The bad news is that I was getting passed right and left, left and right. :) Getting passed is my least favorite thing. ha ha My 6 year old woke us up at 4 with a bad dream. I fell back asleep until 4:45 and got up and got dressed. I woke the baby up at 5 and nursed him. Put him down made and egg and snarfed it because I could hear the baby still crying. Nursed him a second time, then got my gear and my groove on and met Lily at 5:45. Lily was so nice and gave me and our neighbor ride up to the park. We made a quick potty break in the bushes where a bunch of sticky weeds found my shorts and I had to play pull the poky weed out of my mesh built in underwear. Then I took a swig of Lily's power drink and gu and we were off.
Mile 1 - 7.54 (started out too fast, plus uphill) Could see Lily for about the first half mile then she left me in the dust.
Mile 2 - 7.44 (some downhill) Larry passed me just before mile 2 marker. Mile 3 - 7.41 I think my 5k time was around 24 something. I was honestly surprised I was going that fast. I felt so slow. These two miles had some more down hill in them though.
Mile 4 - 8.03 Mile 5 - 8.08 - Really started to drag and thought of Cliff Hanger on the tv show Between the Lions where he says "CAN'T HOLD ON MUCH LONGER!!!!!"
Mile 6 - 8.04 - I tried to pick it up, but I really had nothing to give. I really need to work on endurance and building my miles first I think, then I'll start working on my speed.
.2 - 1.23 I felt pretty slow and out of shape. I had to keep telling myself I just had a baby and it was ok. I have about 10 or so extra pounds I need to lose before I'll be back to my best racing shape, so I better get crack-a-lackin. This is the most I have run without stopping in a long long time and that's pretty good news for me.
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