3.34 miles--Laura's birthday!

Today is my oldest daughter's 25th birthday!  Hard to believe that she is a quarter of a century old already!  Wow.  That sure makes me feel a little older.  Time sure does fly.  I can remember holding her in the hospital and thinking, "Wow, I'm going to be a parent forever!"  It didn't sink in until I held her that I would forever be a mom.  Now she is a mom herself with her own little bundle of joy.  
But, back to running.  I got out and didn't go much farther than three miles, but at least I ran.  My pace was pretty slow.  It was very muggy and I just wanted to log some miles.  I didn't work on speed or long distance.  Just ran. 

4.41 miles

Tuesday.   Lots going on, but I still managed to fit in a run.  Thank goodness!
Chris and I headed out together and ran a decent pace.  I like when I can fit in more than 3 miles.  If I run under that, I feel like I'm not challenging myself or doing as much as I possibly can.  Sometimes though, I may not have enough time to do more than three.  I guess some is better than nothing.  Unfortunately, it has been a week again since I last ran.  At some point I will get to run more often.  Right now, with all that is going on, this is the best it is going to get.   

5.07 miles~~better

At least it hasn't been over a week since my last run.  I somehow have to work running back into my schedule.  I don't like these long periods between my running days.  I prefer to have more running days than rest days, but now it is long periods of rest (actually super busy days) and then a few running days.  Life just seems to continue to interrupt! 
Today I ran 5.07 miles and kept a 13:20 pace.  Same as the last couple of runs, not fast, but not too slow.  Just plodding along.  It is hard to fit it in with summer school and trying to clean the basement for a remodel.  That is my goal, add more running days!

6.1 miles~~Virginia!

We had a great time in MS and Pensacola Beach, FL.  We got to visit with family and relax (something I needed to do).  I begin teaching 2 weeks of summer school next week, so I wanted to get a nice longer run in before then.  Today I logged 6.1 miles and ran at a pace of 13:20.  Not really fast, but that's ok.  I wore my Skoras again which have basically become my go to running shoe--they feel great and I barely notice that I have shoes on!  I really don't like wearing shoes, so that is always a bonus.  It was a great day!

5.04 miles~~HOT, HOT, HOT

We are in Mississippi visiting family.  I grew up in Picayune, MS (a long time ago) and somehow managed to survive the heat and humidity.  Now that I live in VA, I don't think I am used to the heat and high humidity.  

Chris and I decided we needed to run and get out and move, so we headed out around 9:00 am.  It was unbelievably hot and humid.  I wanted to run to the gate entrance of Chris' Mom's neighborhood which was 5 miles.  I made it there ok, but as I was running back, the heat really got to me.  My lungs were aching and I struggled to walk at times in addition to struggling to run.  I didn't bring my inhaler (I usually don't, but I probably should start carrying it) and basically had to just walk the last mile back to the house.  Chris was worried about me and met me about 0.5 miles away.  

Running in the humidity is really hard.  I am so thankful that I don't have to deal with it daily.  Once I got inside and took my inhaler, drank water, and relaxed, I felt better.  
Just a subtle reminder that I have a disease that I need to monitor.