He feels the need for speed

Reluctantly, Michael and I headed out at 6am this morning for a run. I say "reluctantly," because our darling kitties decided to keep us up a lot last night. They have gotten into the habit of starting to act up around 5:30am, which is SOOOO annoying, because I wake up at 5:45am every day. Can't I get my 15 minutes??

It was a great morning, cool and clear, but we were not feeling it. However, once we got going, I think we both felt better. About 3/4 through the first mile, Michael seemed like the speed wasn't perfect for him, so I said I'd go ahead. I've gotten a bit faster over the last few weeks, and he's been very busy with work, so he's missed a few runs with me. We were going about a 9:40 mile, and I didn't want to pressure him to go faster. So I go on ahead, start fiddling with my MP3 player, and then I hear the pitter-patter of New Balances behind me. Michael goes, "I decided to try to catch up." I was so impressed! I had already started going faster, and he stuck with me for the rest of the first mile. He looked great when I got home, so I think he had a good run.

I did 4 more miles after that in 45 minutes almost exactly, so I averaged a 9-minute mile. Nice! I felt fantastic. I wasn't tired or anything by the time I hit mile 2. It was a great morning. I even made a couple of green lights that usually annoy the heck out of me.

Jen and Lori are coming to visit tomorrow night, and I could not be more excited!! I'll have to get a 3-mile run in on Friday morning, but I'll just go after my kitties lovingly wake me up to feed them, and I'm taking a vacation day anyway. Then my fundraiser is Friday night!! I'm so excited for that.

On the training schedule, I'm supposed to do 12 miles this weekend. Since we have guests until Sat night, I'm going to do this on Sunday morning. Michael offered to come with me and do a longer run than usual. He rocks. We're going to do the run for 9 minutes, walk for a minute routine on Kelly Drive. I might do 3 miles with him and then do the loop (9 miles) to get my miles done. Then we're watching football and hanging with our buddies, the Gilberts. Should be an awesome weekend!

Wish me luck on Friday!