I must admit I jumped the gun and ran this a day early. After single parenting for 2 weeks now, a busy mom’s gotta do what she has to do to squeeze her runs in. Not to mention that a race paced 10k would have made Sunday’s first 20-miler of the training cycle sheer hell.
After rousting Thing 1 up and out to the bus, I nudged Thing 2 along in her preschool prep, jimmied on my stealth CW-X tights and was out doing my first Taxi Mom rounds of the day.
As I walked Thing 2 to her classroom, I heard a little voice say: “Look! That lady has Spiderman legs!” Better than spider veins I guess. With that I made my way back to the Estrogen Express and over to the ‘race course’.
Conditions: 30 degrees, freezing rain, 20 mph winds off the lake. My inner tightwad could not bear the thought of getting my Speedy McSpeed Newtons sullied by slush so I opted for some Wave Precisions circa 2007 instead.
Racecourse: Slushy, icy rolling hills, dicey footing at times.
Miles 1&2: Raring to go, although already plenty of protest coming from the hams and caboose, which were subjected to considerable abuse yesterday, courtesy of the new kettle bells.
Mile 3: Maybe I’ve had enough.
Mile 4: No wait, I think I’ve found ‘my stride’
Mile 5: OK, now yes, definitely enough.
Mile 6: Hang on, surprised I don’t feel too bad. Could there be something left in the tank? One can dream.
Goal: Run sub 50 minutes.
Stretch Goal: Run sub 8:00 pace
Actual: 49:56, 8:01 pace.
Conditions considered, one (barely!) out of 2 ain’t all bad.
Many thanks to Casey for hosting this virtual race!
Great job! I am single parenting this week too and jumped the gun as well running mine last night on the treadmill while the girls slept.
Congrats on a great run!!
Way to go and sooooo close on the pace, you'll get it next time though. Great job!
Wow, great job on the 10K! You do have spider man legs haha!
great job! and how annoying is an 8:01 pace? haha but you'll get in next time 🙂
Nice job! Love the spiderman legs comment, too funny.
Nice work! I feel your pain with the single parenting – it is hard to go it alone. Have a great weekend!
Great job!! Love the "spiderman" comment 🙂
Congratulations- that is a terrific pace and you look ready to go! I've always wanted a pair of the CWX tights- they even look fast!
you look like a rock star…go girl.
Awesome! Love those tights! Way to go!
Great job! Love the tights.
Hi Marcia,
You look so dam fierce in your running outfit!! I love it! Good job on your run…you had an awesome pace:) I like the little girl's comment about the lady with the Spiderman legs…that is totally something that my four year old would say:) Take care Marcia!
Awesome run! Love the Spiderman legs! Hee hee.
You look like a superheroine! LOVE it!
To funny! LOVE the tights. Great Job!!
Great job. I love your tights!!!
NICE work! I love that pic!
Spiderman legs! Love it!
thanks for posting your thoughts on the 10K, I always think others have a blast during their runs and I am the only one who thinks she's had enough after the first few Ks… then it always gets better but it's good to know I am not alone 🙂
BTW, impressive workout schedule! You must be in super shape! Great job!
Love the game face 🙂
Great job on the 10K despite the crappy conditions.
nice job! you were soo close to that 8:00 goal. cute comment about the "spiderman legs" and i laughed at your "estrogen express" comment. funny!