A Good One

Amazing the difference a few days or weeks can make. Last night I ran 8 miles with the running group. Thankfully the roads we ran on were not flooded. However, it was amazing to run through the neighborhoods and see all the belongings from people's basements now piled on the curb. It wasn't just our basement that flooded.

The lack of water wasn't the only difference. The weather was actually spectacular. Lower humidity, lower air temperature, not quite as sunny. Gorgeous. Originally I thought I'd run my 8 miles at a nice, easy 10 minute/mile pace. But the weather was good, the company was good, and I felt good. So instead I pushed myself a little harder. It was supposed to be a tempo run after all.

We stopped for a short Gatorade break at mile 4 and when arrived back at our starting point we got talked into going for gelato!

Hey, one of the perks of being a running adult is that you can eat your dessert before you eat your dinner and not feel guilty about it. Right?

Anyway, I had mango gelato and it was lovely. Big shout out to the gal who recently moved to the area and is making friends by bribing us with ice cream.

Overall it was a great run and exactly what I needed after spending all day hauling water damaged stuff out of our basement. I *almost* skipped running due to exhaustion but I'm so glad I didn't. And let me tell you, that shower I finally got to take when I got home and learned our water heater was working again? Priceless.

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Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 628 ft Location: Forest Park, IL Elev. Gain: -4 ft Date: 07/26/10 Up/Downhill: [+68/-72] Time: 06:33 PM Difficulty: 2.2 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 7.78 miles Time: 1:13:06 Speed: 6.4 mph Pace: 9' 24 /mi Calories: 919 Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 09 -0' 15 6.5 +0.2 -3 ft 2 9' 25 +0' 01 6.4 -0.0 -9 ft 3 9' 36 +0' 12 6.2 -0.1 +3 ft 4 8' 58 -0' 26 6.7 +0.3 +7 ft 5 9' 06 -0' 18 6.6 +0.2 -13 ft 6 9' 26 +0' 02 6.4 -0.0 +10 ft 7 9' 38 +0' 14 6.2 -0.2 +3 ft end 9' 46 +0' 22 6.1 -0.2 0 ft Versus average of 9' 24 min/mile

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