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Easy run.

6:04 am, 55° F, 51% humidity, wind 4 S.

I'm among the living. And I ran with Lindsay because today is Friday. Thank heavens for Lindsay. We ran slowly.

Thank you all for your kind words during my convalescence. I wasn't terrifically sick, just sick enough to push me all the way to Slackerville.

AP: 10:00. Splits: 10:01, 9:35, 9:55, 9:58, 10:25, 10:08.

Easy run.

7:23 am, 48° F, 59% humidity, winds calm.

I ran with Michelle this morning. Yes, Michelle is running but is not blogging. I ran to her house, then ran about 4 miles with her and then ran home. Her house is about a mile and a half away, and so that's how I got seven.

It's homecoming at the local high school and they were having a parade this morning. We ran on the parade route, but it was before the parade started. However, they were staging the parade on the street leaving into Michelle's neighborhood. There were a few people there when we left the neighborhood at the start of the run, but the street was quite crowded when we returned because the parade was about ready to start. I was glad I had run to her house and had not driven, because I would have had a tough time driving out of her neighborhood.

AP: 10:01. Splits: 9:28, 9:39, 9:34, 9:57, 10:38, 11:07 (walked a bit in this mile), 9:41, 0.1 @ 9:50.

Easy run.

5:45 am, 51° F, 72% humidity, wind 4 SSW, dark.

I finally managed to drag myself out the door, but only for a short run. I just have way too many things to do in the morning. I need to try to get more things done the night before, like helping my daughter with her homework and making my husband's lunch.

I talked to my manager at work yesterday and I told him that the increased workload is one of the reasons that I've cut way back on my running. He said that I should run because he doesn't want to be responsible for my stopping running. At least he's supportive.

AP: 9:27. Splits: 9:39, 9:24, 9:19.

Easy run.

6:09 am, 59° F, 45% humidity, wind 4 SSE.

I started having a scratchy throat yesterday afternoon and felt lousy all last evening. I still feel lousy this morning. But it's Friday, so I had to go run with Lindsay. I think it's allergies, not a cold. But by the end of my run, my head was all full of snot.

I need to get out the door by 6:05 (6:04 is even better) when I'm going to meet Lindsay. But I was late today. So I ran my first mile faster than I usually run a first mile, but it wasn't enough. I was still a few minutes late. But she was still waiting for me. It helps that she can wait in her house.

My kids are off school today so my morning isn't quite as rushed as usual. I still had to make my husband's lunch when I finished my run. At least I washed my hands this time before I made his sandwich. (His sandwich might have been a little salty yesterday.)

AP: 9:52. Splits: 9:04, 9:34, 10:22, 10:13, 10:11, 9:50.

Easy run.

7:21 am, 37° F, 71% humidity, winds calm.

Ten days. It has been ten days since I last ran. Look what I have been reduced to. I feel like I'm starting over. The test will be to see whether I can pull myself together and build back up over the coming months.

I'm still kind of sick, but last night was the first night I was able to sleep without codeine cough syrup.

My kids are on fall break this week so I'm able to sleep in a bit and run a little later. But I still have to get myself to work, at least today. I need to try to take a couple of days off from work this week if I can manage it. Things are still really busy at work.

AP: 9:55. Splits: 10:20, 9:54, 9:38, 0.78 @ 9:44.

Easy run.

7:27 am, 46° F, 45% humidity, winds calm.

I didn't run yesterday because I'm not quite ready for 6 days/week yet. I'm shooting for 4 days this week. Two down, two to go.

I took the day off from work yesterday and just hung out with my kids and goofed off all day. My 8-year-old daughter has recently become interested in Harry Potter and so we're reading the books together. We finished the first one over the weekend and we're about half way through the second one now. My 16-year-old son seems to always manage to be in the room when we're reading. He's read all of the books already (as have I0, but seems to be enjoying listening anyway (as am I).

I've got to work today. Oh well.

AP: 9:34. Splits: 9:48, 9:40, 9:19, 9:37, 0.19 @ 8:54.

Easy run.

6:05 am, 46° F, 67% humidity, calm, dark.

It's Friday, so that meant another run with Lindsay. And that's 3 days down, one to go for the week. I guess that means I'll have to run tomorrow.

My daughter chickened out of Harry Potter 2/3 the way through the second book. She is easily frightened. But now I'm carrying on on my own. I'm several chapters into the 4th book now.

I'm driving up to Greeley this afternoon to bring my son down so that he can vote during early voting this evening. He didn't get his application for a mail-in ballot in in time, and we can't get him here on election day.

AP: 9:59. Splits: 10:06, 9:45, 9:57, 10:02, 10:20, 9:42.

Easy run*.

9:01 am, 48° F, 70% humidity, winds calm.

*This should have been an easy run based on the pace. However, it didn't really feel easy. I ran the 6-mile route that I used to run all the time, but this is the first time I've run the whole thing in quite a while. I think they put more hills in there since then. It was a lot harder for me than it used to be. Perhaps I shouldn't have made the only two days out of the whole week that I ran consecutively my longest runs of the week.

At least I managed to run 4 times this week. Now if I can just managed to do it for the next couple of weeks, then maybe I'll move up to 5 days/week.

AP: 9:34. Splits: 10:09, 9:32, 9:28, 9:25, 9:36, 9:14.

Easy run.

6:06 am, 48° F, 22% humidity, wind 8 S.

Well, even when I don't manage to get out all week for a run, I do run on Fridays. My excuse this week is that I've been busy reading Harry Potter. Really. But now I'm done with all seven books, so maybe I can get back to my regular life.

The run was slow this morning.

AP: 10:10. Splits: 10:03, 9:51, 10:25, 10:16, 10:10.

Easy run.

7:48 am, 50° F, 27% humidity, winds calm.

I got out for a run yesterday because of Lindsay and today because of Michelle. I guess I need friends to motivate me to run right now. And I need to run more because I just really can't run the way I used to. I'll publicly declare my goal to run 4 times next week. Maybe that will help me stick to it. It would be nice if I could manage that two weeks in a row.

AP: 9:55. Splits: 9:59, 10:19, 9:56, 9:45, 9:39, 0.11 @ 9:51.