Good, Bad, and the Ugly...

The Good:
I have packed in a lot of running over the last few days..Runs on Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday....
Thursday-4.5 @ Daffin Park...Total time 48:21..great run. cubbie and I hit a really nice groove on this 1.5 mile loop. 16:20, 16:41, 15:20 to finish...

Saturday-7 miles at The Landings....see below for details

Sunday-5.5 miles on our less than favorite loop on the southside of town....but we got our miles in...

Monday-3.1 miles tempo run downtown. I LOVE running downtown. There is so much to see, I like looking at people while I run....I am a people watcher.

Tuesday-4.5 @Daffin Park...This turned out to be the best run of the week. Cubbie and I met and it was soooo hot. We started our run and ran into David, a massage therapist/running coach and he ran three miles with us. First off, I would like to say thanks to him for running with us, those miles passed effortlessly and we knocked them out quickly(16:12,16:26). it was a welcome change and I have discovered I really like running with groups of people. He had already been out for 30 minutes when he "ran" into us so he departed after three and we finished our last lap. We busted the last lap at 15:27 for a total run time of 48:05! LOL, new course record...

The Bad:
My Monday night "Tempo Run" wasn't all that I was hoping...I was kinda doing a time trial to see where my 5K time would be. I was in a foul mood before the run so I am not sure how that affected my mindset. Started out great. hit the half mile at 4:30, nice 9 minute pace. One mile at a little more than 9 and hit the 1.5 at 13:45...Then at the turn around I discovered I had no more gas....a couple of walk breaks later, I finished my run at 31:00 minutes, a 10 minute pace....

The Ugly:
Saturday was supposed to be "half marathon day" We were going to run 13 miles...at 9am. I was not crazy about this idea but figured it was my own laziness that was doing me in so...30 minutes into the run I felt good...40 minutes i started to think that running was the stupidest idea anyone in the world have ever come up with! I pulled back and started slowing the pace. I ate(slurped down?) my GU(vanilla bean, don't think i will get that flavor again) at 45 minutes into the run. I thought that magically this would give me this energy burst that would propel me for the next 45 minutes but there was nothing....50 minutes in and I wanted to quit. I stopped at an hour. I had no desire, drive or energy to run another step. "You can't make me!" my brain screamed...So I walked and I ran and I walked...We cut it short and finished seven miles....I was devistated...I have never quit on a run like that. I know. I know, there will be bad runs. I know I will bonk. I get it. It just sucks...But I came back and ran on Sunday, one foot in front of the other, one step at a time....