Cool Runnings!

First to explain the sleep - I took a huge nap yesterday afternoon cuz I wasn't feeling too hot, so I had a hard time falling asleep.  Plus I was close to finishing a new book called The Long Walk (good book, very riveting), so I stayed up to finish it.  Felt much better today, ran 1.5 miles with Sam, then had to go to round table for scouts.  Got back at 9:30, decided I needed to get in a run, so I went for another 4 miles.  Felt good to get out after having 3 goose eggs in a row - Monday was a scheduled rest day after the 1/2, Tuesday and Wednesday I wasn't feeling very good, and I don't have a good record with trying to run when I am on the verge of getting sick - I just end up getting sicker.  Glad to be back in the saddle again.

6 easy miles in the evening after the boys went to bed.  My feet are still not 100% recovered from my 1/2 marathon - did I mention I had gotten extremely bad blood blisters on the outside of my big toes (both feet)?  I had punctured the one on my right foot - it was about the size of a quarter and putting a lot of pressure on my foot when I wore shoes - but left the two smaller ones on my left foot alone.  They are still not healed, but are certainly better than  they were.  Average pace for today's run was 7:29/mile.  Ran a different route, and had to run on quite a bit of sidewalk - my feet and legs felt the pounding more, and my legs didn't feel real peppy, but not real dead either.  I seem to be over my illness - just a bit of residual coughing - and the weather is finally starting to warm up again.  Supposed to be in the mid 70's tomorrow.  All you Utah bloggers, pay no attention to the weather here!  Actually, it just means I have absolutely no basis for complaining about the weather here until it gets over 100 degrees in the summer.  Lybi is running a 5K tomorrow - if Sam is feeling better we will all go and cheer her on.  There is another 10K next weekend that I may run, depending on where it is and what the course is like.

A side note:  I had something sort of amusing happen to me on my run.  I stopped at an intersection waiting for the light to change, and a Scion xB (the boxy car) pulled up alongside me at the light.  There were 3 or 4 teenagers in the car, and they opened the window and started talking to me.  Then they stuck their arms outside the windows and said "hey, we're going to run with you" and started pumping their arms back and forth.  One of them asked me how far I was going to run, and when I told them 6 miles, said he probably couldn't run 1/2 mile, he was so fat.  Then the light changed, and they started yelling, "come on, keep up".  Regardless of how they intended it to be (I don't know if they meant to be friendly or derogatory), I kind of got a kick out of it and found it amusing.

Wow, what a disappointing run.  I headed out at 3:00 - the weather was absolutely gorgeous - mid-70's, clear sky, a little breezy.  I was all excited about getting in somewhere around 15 miles.  After just a couple miles, however, reality set in.  I realized my legs felt dead, I had forgotten to put on my bodyglide (can you say chafing?), and I was already feeling tired.  I decided to do 10 miles instead.  Turned around at the 5 mile mark, had to stop at a gas station at 6 miles and get a drink.  At 8 miles, I realized I was in serious trouble with chafing, and was feeling a fair amount of pain.  At the 8.5 mile mark, I decided to take a shortcut that would put me in at 9.5 miles.  At the 9 mile mark, I decided to stop and walk the last 1/2 mile home because the chafing was so bad.  So I totally wimped out, I felt like this was one of the worst runs I have had in a long time.  Oh well, I am not going to dwell on it, but will press on.  For our date tonight, Lybi and I are going to go to the worldwide broadcast.  Not sure what to expect.