Miraculously got my run done today. I watched the 5 kids so my sister could run her 6 miles, then she watched the kids so I could run my 13. Ran it in 1:53, which I think is about 8:40s or 8:45s which was probably a little fast for my long run, but I was feeling guilty about running that long when my sister was watching 5 kids downstairs (my husband is on-call and working all weekend) so my last 2 miles were actually done in 7:30s. All in all, felt really good, just wish the run was done in less-stressful circumstances (kids ran in and out intermittently and I had to take a few quick breaks to help them out), but such is the life of a young marathoning mom. Hey, it may not have been pretty, but I am just grateful I got it done. Next week have all 5 kids straight while sister is in Spain. Good luck to me in getting any running done (let alone the 20 miles scheduled for next weekend). |