There are not many things better than surprises. Good surprises that is. Like surprise visits from your Daddy like I got today! Ahhh, I love my Daddy (yes, he will always be "Daddy," not "Dad" or "Father"). I love my mother too of course! But mother is always a surprise. You expect surprises from mother. Are expected surprises really surprises? I digress. Daddy, however, is never spontaneous, so when he is it tickles me to death. Like today. :)
Also a BIG surprise today, I ran 5 miles in 46 minutes and 12 seconds. I have *No*Idea* what got into me! I don't run that fast folks. And the sad thing is, is that's really not even considered fast. However, it *IS* fast for *me.* It's really fast for me. That's a little bit over 9-minute miles (9:20ish?), compared to my standard 10-minute miles. I didn't even intend to run fast today. Even once I started running, I was thinking to myself, "since I ran hard yesterday, I'll just take it easy today." I don't even know why or when I started running hard. I had Pandora's Beyonce station on today and I guess the Michael Jackson, Black Eyed Peas and Gnarles Barkley tunes just got me going.
So, good surprises today. But now that I know I can run 5 miles in 46 minutes, I feel like I should do it every time now. I would be incredibly delighted if I could keep up that pace for longer distances. I had about a mile and a half to go today and wasn't sure I could keep it up to the end. But somehow I did. I think it was Gnarles Barkley's "Crazy" that got me home.
Good day. Good day at work, good afternoon surprise, good run. And now *Goodnight.*
Geez girl...I better do some speed workouts or I'll only see you at the finish line in November! : ) PROUD OF YOU!
ReplyDeleteGirl, don't you worry your pretty little running shoes. I will not be running anywhere near that pace for anywhere near 13.1 miles :)
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