The votes are in and yesterday’s run was deemed a success unanimously. Thanks everyone!
This morning, I was awoken by a sweet little boy who crawled into bed with Tom and me. His timing couldn’t have been more perfect. I stayed next to him long enough for him to fall back to sleep and then I rolled out of bed…and I went out for a run.
I took to the local park where there is a paved path with areas where an equestrian trial runs parallel to the main path. I have never actually seen horses on the trail, but I am always happy to have a break from the pounding of the pavement.
My feet crunched along the path for 8 or so miles. I have always loved that sound. Crunch, crunch, crunch. My iPod battery was essentially dead, so I had the crunching for my running soundtrack today.
“Run long” – the task at hand. No problem; I can do that. I am back on a training schedule and it feels good. Even though I wasn’t feeling FAST today – thanks to the guy in blue who passed me TWICE – I was steady and strong.
After my run, I drove towards home feeling accomplished for getting my run done so early in the day. I picked up a latte at my favorite coffee shop, and went home to the Napping House where everyone was still sleeping. My feeling of accomplishment and efficiency grew inside of me. Then, I looked around the house and the feeling suddenly disappeared. *sigh*