Lead Legs

Workout:

4.20 mile run – 40:44

2.25 mile walk with dogs – 41:12

4 miles on stationary bike – 15:00

On my run tonight, my legs felt like lead.  The rest of me felt great.  Mentally I was into the run, and my breathing was spot on.  Each step though, felt like I was lifting up a 100 pounds only an inch from the pavement.  Since my legs felt so awful, I thought about cutting the run short, but I’m finished making excuses to get out of running so I carried on. I was pleasantly surprised to find my average mile time was 9:39.  I felt like I was running so slowly that I thought my pace would be over 10:00.  Apparently, I’m getting kind of good at this whole running thing. 

It was such a gorgeous night that Nick and I took the dogs for a nice long walk.  We did the walk before my run so maybe that’s why my legs felt so fatigued?  I usually try to do a walk before my run to loosen up and stretch out my muscles, but this one was a bit longer than usual. 

It was pouring rain this morning, so there were still a lot of big puddles all over, and Molly dog LOVES playing in puddles.  She’s almost 11 years old so she doesn't play too much anymore, but when there is a puddle around, she turns into a crazy pup and goes wild.  She was a complete muddy mess by the time we got home, and needed a bath stat, but I love seeing her spunky side that the impromptu bath was worth it.  I wish I would have had my phone with me to take some pictures of her adorable, hot mess, self.  Even though I don’t have a picture of Molly’s mud run, here is a different adorable picture of her.

She's smiling!

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