30 in 3 and 50 in 5 and a little.

Please notice:  I listen to the birds.  New fresh workout gear!

I am done.

For the week anyway.

I got my last run in this afternoon to hit my 50 miles.

yipee.

Oh, I would work up a bit more enthusiasm but I am just beat.

I did my last 6.5 miles fast 47:36.  Remember I have been working on endurance this week.

I felt I was going to barf at the top of the second hill but I didn't.

Probably because I had so little in me to come up but I did it.

I also got my 30 miles in 3 days in.

Each day I ran 3.5 miles in the morning and finished with my 6.5 mile loop in the evening.

My times were interesting to me.  I wonder if fatigue plays a factor or if conditions and mental toughness are what really affect me.

Tuesday morning - 3.5 26:00 - no stroller, rain/fog

Tuesday evening - 6.5 51:46 - stroller, rain/fog

Wednesday morning - 3.5 28:50, stroller, rain/fog

Wednesday evening - 6.5 52:34 stroller, rain/fog

Thursday morning - 3.5 29:29, stroller, dizzle/fog

Thursday evening - 6.5 51:42, stroller, drizzle/fog (after school activity and with biking sherpa)

My morning runs got slower but my evening runs didn't.  The week as a whole is all over the place for pace.  I often think my pace has more to do with how much I want it versus how fast I can run.

Have you ever thought the same of yourself? 

Biking sherpa thought my pig tails in the wind and my crazy sweat marks were soooo funny I had to share them.  The price of a biking sherpa to encourage me when I am tired.

Oh well, here is me with crazy sweaty pig tails running at night, in the rain and wind with the jogging stroller and biking sherpa to keep me moving.

Thanks biking sherpa! 

Twice in One Day

What I wore this morning

You are probably thinking this is another post where I am going to wax on about running twice a day.  Then after reading it you may think some version of;

"There is no way that girl is doing all the running." or

"Is she TRYING to make me feel like I don't runn enough?" or

"Bring on the Shelly bragfest again." 

Okay maybe you don't think those things but come on, I talk about double days A LOT!

But today is not about running twice a day. 

It's about what other thing happend twice today.  Twice this morning in fact.

A bird pooped on me. 

I know Beth at Shut up and Run will be proud I have poop in my post today.

A bird pooped on me once early in my run.

And then....

A bird pooped on me a second time late in my run!

If you google a bird pooped on me, aside from eventually finding this post you will find a thousand different site to education you about a bird pooping on some one - not all of which I reccommend you actually click on, there are some strange people out there!  But you may find that if you are Italian it is believed to be good luck and since I do have Italian ancestors, I say bring on the good luck.

However, I got to thinking after reading Amanda's post (@ Run to the finish) about rewearing clothes and I began to wonder if maybe those birds were trying to tell me something. 

What do you think??

What I wore last night