Fueled by a heated argument with my 9 year old daughter, I laced up my shoes and decided to go out for a long run today. My goal, 5 miles. I didn't know if I would make it but I was going to try. I set my music, put on my headphones and away I went. There was no stroller, there were no kids, just me and my music. There was peace. I enjoyed it. There was also about 2 million gnats on my run. I already had the experience of eating a bug so I was mindful to keep my mouth closed. There were so many gnats that they kept getting stuck to me. Gross! I got home and my daughter was disgusted. My husband steps in and says "Nah, dead gnats are sexy". Thanks for trying honey! He also said "You need to shower!". Nah, really? Many, many, many gnats were harmed during this run. I apologize to Mother Nature.
The best part was that I did hit my 5 mile goal. Just 6 weeks ago I thought it was pretty great that I could jog 1 mile and here I was doing 5 in 1:04! Even better was the fact that I'm 13 days short of a birthday, getting older, mom of two, and I ran the longest run I have ever done in my life. That was way cool!
8 days to my duathlon and feeling great! Tomorrow, I'm attempting a long group bike ride. YIKES!
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