10 miles

Did it. 10 miles in 1 hour 30 min and 29 seconds. First 5 in 43+ min the second in 47+ min. My running partner that I was complaining about a month ago b/c she was slow smoked me, spanked me in the first 5. I could barely keep up. I stretchec at mile 5 b/c my legs were extremely stiff. I ate that gel (Gosh you really do need a couple glasses of water with that stuff...gag) at mile 6+ and caught up, then I wanted to rest at the red light and she said "you have to" go through it. You know me and "you have to's" I was pissed off, emimem "shake that" came on and I was gone. Bye, bye. The route I picked out was hard (very hilly) the wind was at our side or in our face. Never at our back. Which is weird b/c we ran a there and back route. Just my luck I guess.

I did NOT want to run 10 miles today, but I'm glad I did! I actually was planning on being a loser and running a 5k race Saturday and 7 miles today, but my dear husband said NO I had to run 10 miles. He was right. I'm as ready as I will ever be for the race next week. I'm glad I did a hilly run too. A lot of people who live downstate from me have no hills and run only on flat ground. I don't think there is any flat ground around here. I hope all this hill training pays off. I need to start carbo loading a couple days before the race. That might of been todays problem. I don't think a slice of pizza for lunch, chicken and some couscous for dinner and cookie (ok 2 damn cookies) constitutes carbo loading for a 10 mile run.

Not to sure how many posts I will get in next week. I'm a painting fiend right now. Once I start I can not stop. Our hall and living room walls were discusting. You could actually see hand prints on them. Someone even decided a green marker would look nice on my walls and on the dining room chair cushions. You know what I don't even care at this moment.