Fuel SMART,Train HARD, Run FAST.

9 easy on LPT with Andy, Kam, and Becky too, for a bit. New asphalt down an even creepier trail in the dark was available, so we took it.

First run since marathon. Everything works. I was breathing slightly more than I needed to, but maybe because it was cold. I had no desire to run fast at all. AP was likely around high 8's. But good news, fun Tara is back.

 45 mins of spin. I hope I can find some mojo to last for a couple more weeks until my next half is over. 

Some ladies in the area invited me to run up MP. I couldn't turn it down, even though I am meeting up with Allie and Angie in the morning on the same run. I hope they don't feel like I cheated on them. It was a pretty but cold morning. I fell going up and banged up my right knee again. What is the deal with me falling up hills lately? Ugh. Tried not to act like it hurt, so I sat there going, "haha, ooooo, hahaha, oooo." The funny thing is that the girls followed my verbal ques, too. You know when you laugh when someone gets hurt, but then you find out they are really hurt so then you act sad? Then they start to laugh, so you do too? It was one of those moments. 

7:45AM- Mueller Park run with Allie and Angie. This time of year is beautiful, however I think we looked more at our feet, at least I did. Angie not as much. She about dismembered her toe on two separate occasions. We did catch this nice pic on our way out. Someone doesn't have a reverse camera on thier phone.

Someone learned how to insert hyperlink texts today. Enjoy the visuals.

Run for your lives 3k-ish in NSL. I came to support a friend of mine who put on the race. The course runs along BST, gradually climbing the first half, then a hairpin turn back down to the finish. The trail was narrow and rocky with uneven footing. I need to run trails more often.

The race started and from the beginning I knew I was in trouble with my choice of wardrobe. My skirt did everything it could do to fall off, so I held it in place and used my other arm to drive me up the the trail. I bought it the night before STG and almost wore it for the marathon. Ah! So I tore out my hair tie and secured the skirt. That meant my hair was all over the place. Next thing I know, the band comes undone, and I'm back with a loose skirt and untamed hair! Thank goodness for a short race!

Early on I could see no one was going to come out with me (most people did it with their families.) It gave me a good chance to relax the pace into a tempo effort. Things started to get interesting at the turn around. I headed back on the same narrow trail I had run out on, but now against all the other runners and walkers. I jumped on and off the trail into the weeds for about a half of a mile, but the Go2's survived.  

I must have looked hardcore coming into the finish with my hair all over the place.... except one guy came in wearing pair of jeans...

I walked off with a hand full of candy, personally delivered from a boy scout, 2 tickets to Nightmare on 13th, a fun T-shirt, and a photo shoot with the Mayor in a Sylvester costume. Best $10 I've spent today.

Splits: 6:42, 5:46 (6:34)