I am so tired I can barely keep my eyes open. This is going to be a short one, folks.
The weather was wonderful today--sunny and above 32 degrees, but it was still a bit too breezy for my liking. So off I went to the gym to run my six miles, only to discover I'd forgotten my running shoes! (I ran outside yesterday and forgot to put them in my gym bag afterward. Oops!) I had to go home and get them and come back again.
Six miles is 38.4 laps around the track, but I just rounded up and ran 39 laps, with a walk/drink lap at lap 13 and lap 26. After I pushed off again from the second walk lap, I felt sorta creaky and stiff. Everything loosened up eventually, but I was a bit alarmed. I ran 6.09 miles (the .09 is from the extra 6/10 of a lap!) in 66:23 for a 10:54 pace! It blows me away that I ran 6 sub-11-minute miles in a row. My heart rate was at about 175 when I finished, which is definitely too high, but now I don't have to run for three days! I already did the runs scheduled for the weekend and Monday is a rest day--I think I have that right.
After lunch, Betsy and I did something very odd in preparation for this weekend's fundraiser: we washed an agility tunnel. These suckers are quite heavy, about 20' long and about 24" around, and people sometimes take them to a car wash to wash them. We washed ours in Betsy's garage and also got the garage floor nice and clean in the process.
Then it was time to hurry home, do a little actual work (oh yeah, that thing that pays for the running shoes and gear), walk the dogs, and tie up a bunch of little fundraiser-related details.
Tonight I went to the building where the fundraiser will be to set everything up. I have two beautiful tables: a raffle table and a ribbon/donation table. I took lots of pictures, but I am just too darn tired to upload them right now.
Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to provide a more detailed report.
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