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Carlsbad 5000 & other running jazz
We came, we ran, we set personal records. D came in at 23:03, which is a slight but real improvement, I think, over his previous best. And, he did it coming back from injury, after training for this particular race not at all, so well done there.
I came in at 36:13, which is hardly setting the world on fire, but it does improve upon my previous best in-race performance of 36:22 from back in October. Plus, it was DAMN HOT by the time my heat started, at 10:20. Coming around the final bend nearing 11 a.m., I was thinking to myself "I will never again bitch about how early in the day these things are usually held, because this is ridiculous." I actually dumped water over my head, a totally cornball move I've never made before, not to mention several steps more wet t-shirt contest than I like my life to venture, if that suggests how hot it was growing. So, all told, I'll take the 9 seconds worth of improvement and like it. That's approaching an 11:30 pace, which is lovely. Someday, I'm going to get that time down to 31 minutes. But that day remains quite a bit in the future for now.
Went for a run with D this morning, for the first time ever. He's trying to come back from this foot problem slowly, and I am just getting up to a speed that makes it possible for us to share the road, so we gave it a shot. The first half just flew by: conversation was good, the views are pretty, and it was a fun novelty to have someone else along. Also, of course, I just enjoy D's company immensely. I did struggle not to apologize constantly for slowing him down, especially in the second half, when I had to take a few walk breaks as we made our way back up the hills toward home. But, it was overall a quite enjoyable exerience and I hope to do it again. Not to mention, this changes our options as a couple a great deal, the idea of being able to really do active things truly together. I love that we can go out and run 5 miles together in the morning.
And now, work. But this is the last one before I'm off on vacation, so yay for that, too.
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