Epic Eighteen

I’m not sure if I’m feeling the whole “epic” part of my run this morning, other than the whole I-just-ran-18-miles!!!! part.  My knees are feelin’ it a little.  I iced them for an hour and now they are red and numb.  But yeah, it still makes me feel like a rockstar to ice my knees;-)

It was freezing this morning when I took off!  Like, 35* freezing!  I bundled up, but was shedding layers each time I ran by my car.  No worries…I stopped before I was totally naked.  The temp was up to 60 by the time I was finished!  No wonder!

Here’s this morning’s splits:

MILE 1	9:31
MILE 2	9:08
MILE 3	9:18
MILE 4	9:05
MILE 5	9:10
MILE 6	9:03
MILE 7	9:10
MILE 8	9:10
MILE 9	9:19
MILE 10	9:45
MILE 11	9:08
MILE 12	9:41
MILE 13	9:49
MILE 14	10:40
MILE 15	10:06
MILE 16	10:41
MILE 17	11:02
MILE 18	10:22

DISTANCE: 18 MILES

TIME:  2:54:16

PACE:  9:40/MILE

Woop woop!!  Yeah I’ve got the runner’s high working right now!  Soon to followed by the runner’s crash, I do believe, because I am sleeepppyyy.  BUT no nap for me today!  Zachary has an away ballgame and we are leaving right after school.  Say a little prayer for a Bulldog win tonight if you think about it, will ya? 

Yes, I know God cares;-)

Bless their little hearts, they are 1-7, and it’s so hard to see them get down on themselves.  They are SUCH a talented group of boys, it just hasn’t come together for them yet I guess:-(  And our coach is an uber-talented first year coach; the young man and has an amazing rapport with the boys…my boys both think the world of him.  I am thoroughly impressed with his coaching and am praying for quick adjustments on all fronts.  And can I just say that I believe God sent him here for a reason.

Ok, that is all today.  I have GOT to go find a caffeine source of some kind before I go to pick up kids! 

Love y’all!

xoxo