It's Friday, it's Friday

My favorite day of the whole week is Friday. It begins the two days of the weekend which I get to spend time with my girls and my all-time favorite run of the week, long run.

I was suppose to do 5 miles yesterday but because the hubs was not feeling too well, I decided to cut it down to 3 miles. I wanted this to be a fast run, so I ran really fast (fast for me) for the first mile, slowed down on the second mile, and tried my hardest to pick it back up for the third mile. Then I collapsed in my driveway. True story. Once I had caught my breath I walked up and down the driveway for a few minutes and then went and got some water and K. She helps me stretch out after my runs. It is the cutest thing watching her try to do what I am doing. I love it.

I would never hurt a child, but with that said, if I was a mean person and was carrying my pepper spray yesterday, this little girl would have gotten blasted with a spray. Here's the story. I was running through my neighborhood minding my own business (honestly I was trying not to pass out) listening to music and just running. Well the first time I passed the girl she tried to race me, with her on her bike and me running. I just ignored her and went on with my run. The second lap, she saw me coming, went and turned around some down the street, aimed her bike directly at me and started pedaling toward me. Then when she got to me, she said "MOVE" Um excuse me but I was running here first, saw you go out of your way to try and hit me and then you say that. I'm not a mean person I swear but I did feel threatened yesterday and the pepper spray would have sure come in handy. What is up with mean children nowadays. Ughh!!!!!

Since we have a busy day tomorrow, I'm going to try and get up at 6:50 to start my 10 miles. I'm hoping to be back home by 8:30, hopefully sooner. I'm hoping to have a better experience this time with the 10 miles than I did a couple of weeks ago.

The hubs and I are taking the girls to A-Day. For those who are not in the know, this is Auburn's spring scrimmage game and for $5/person, you can sit anywhere in the stadium, watch your team show what they got, get pictures with the team afterwards and just spend some time with your family. We went last year for the first time and decided right then and there that this would become a family affair. I so can't wait.

Motivation

or lack thereof seems to be my attitude for exercising this week. I actually did run on Tuesday afternoon. I did 5 miles in 45:12. Not to shabby, that's a 9:02/mile pace. I was pretty happy about the run and felt great afterwards. Well I was planning on doing 5 miles Wednesday afternoon, but since I had to pick up my niece and nephew, I thought I would do it on my lunch break. For some reason my ankle started acting up again yesterday, so I took my lunch break to the park and sat in the sun for an hour. It was pure bliss. I love those types of lunch breaks.

So I'm planning on doing 5 this evening after I get the hubs dinner going. I'm hoping to do it in the same time as Tuesday night, fingers crossed.

On a different note, I purchased the Jogger this past Saturday. What is the Jogger you say? Well it's pepper spray designed to keep you feeling safe. I plan on using it on dogs that chase me into the street. I'm contemplating putting a disclaimer on my FB page that goes something like this: "If you live in my city, and you have a dog that is not behind a fence, chained up, or inside your house, then you better believe that I will pepper spray the dog in the eyes if it comes out into the street while I'm trying to run. I'm only doing this to protect myself, so if you feel like I'm threatening you, then you should take a jog down the street and see how it feels when a big dog comes charging at you from nowhere." That should get the message across that I'm not going to use the pepper spray on some innocent dog and that I'm not out looking for trouble.

Well I signed up for the Loop the Lake 5K on June 26. Since there are no more runs in my area until November, I'm having to find some close enough to my home without me having to get up at 4:30 a.m. and drive there for an 8 a.m. race. I really wish this area would have more races.