Cold but Complete

In light of this week's scant runs thus far (if you recall, I was sobering up for the duration of Monday, Tuesday was hill work, and Wednesday I was too tired/ran out of time), I needed to get up for a decent run this morning. Thursday had a 50 minute run on the schedule. No other particulars than that, by the way. So I decided to take it easy. I was still remembering the heavy feeling from all of my runs last week.

Luckily, I managed a moderately paced run that didn't suck. I averaged about a 9:41 pace overall. Go me! I'm thinking of taking my camera with me for tomorrow morning's run, because Lake Mich with the ice and the reflection of the lights looks really cool right now. We'll see...

Also, I was a 10 miler on the schedule for Sunday. The weather is supposed to be good, so I really want to give it a good try. The girls running with me aren't actually going to be running the whole time. They're doing a walk/run. Now, keep in mind that they're still faster than me. I just don't know how I feel about it. I mean, basically if I run the whole time, I'll be running solo again. If I don't, I'll be doing the walk/run, which I've never been a huge fan of really. Either way, I get my run in, and it won't affect me too much. During races, when I do stop for water/Gatorade, I usually walk through the stop. I'm still a newbie runner and according to my coaches, it's more important for me to get the fluids IN me, rather than ON me. We'll see how I'm feeling on Sunday, I suppose. I still have a couple of bigger mileage runs on the schedule, so I'll be able to run them with the other girls, who will be away this weekend.

Due to plans tonight (Jeune Hômme screening with the Alliance Française) and tomorrow night (all-you-can-eat fish and chips at the Duke of Perth), I will not be at the gym again until Saturday. I've never seen Runner Boy there on a weekend, so Xenia will have to wait for either me to talk to him or a picture of him till next week. Here is a picture that I drew of him for the meantime:

Please note: Drawing is not to scale