Sunday, January 15, 2017

10Ks & Birthdays...

The mileage goal for this morning's long run was 6-8 miles at an 11:30 min/mile pace. It started off like this...
And ended up like this...

So it was a lot closer to 6 miles than 8, and pretty close to 11:30 but quite there. During the first half of the run I was steadily achieving negative splits, but that went out the window by miles 4 and 5...

I started the run a lot later than I initially wanted to (I'm a vampire runner so I try to avoid running in the sun as much as possible) but it was an overcast morning which kept things relatively cool while I was out there...

And since I ran by myself this morning I took advantage of the area surrounding my neighborhood and mixed up my route a bit...

Today is my sister-in-law's birthday (Happy Birthday Gail!) so Kai and I joined her and my brother at church after my run. After church it was "selfie time" with my nephew...

Then we went to eat at a Jamaican restaurant where selfie time continued. My nephew spent most of selfie time trying to prevent my niece from photo bombing our "Aunty and me" pics...

After the usual birthday shenanigans of singing and cake I came back home to rest my legs and do some more work on my jigsaw puzzle... 
(I'm about half way finished 😊)

So today marks the end of a very rough week for me and my family. Unfortunately there still isn't good news so I'll be starting next week with an enormously heavy heart 😔. But I'm trying to stay positive and prayerful and I hope you all will continue to do the same...

How was your run today?

What's your fastest 10K time?

What's your first race for the year? (mine is coming up at the Tropical 5K & Miami 1/2 marathon)

2 comments:

  1. "Vampire runner" made me laugh out loud. I do really bad in the sun so I try to avoid it too. But I'm afraid of running in the dark, so... 😐 Lol.

    Your nephew is adorable!!

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    1. Lol yeah it's a pretty difficult situation especially for the longer runs... you have to find the perfect time between "enough light out so it's safe" and feeling like you're "running on the 6th circle of hell" lol

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