I almost didn't go running. I was planning on running at my sister's tonight and she changed plans on me and is coming here tonight instead. By the time she told me I had already missed my morning window.
This morning I had the kids and my mom had errands to run. So I studied for my upcoming school law test.
Then it was the zoo (what trip to my mom's is complete without a trip to the zoo?). We took the neighbor boy and went. Didn't bring a stroller because we were planning just to go to the indoor children's activity place, but it was so nice (high 50s) that we decided to walk around. It was approaching nap time and Eli got tired after about an hour of walking around (we went into the reptile house and Tropic World--gotta see the monkeys--and saw the elephants). I carried him for a bit and boy is he heavy. Then he got a second wind when we went to the park. Then the kids wanted ice cream (yes, ice cream) and I went with it and had some myself. My mom refused to play along and ordered hot chocolate. Then we came home and it was more studying. Eli took a nap and during a study break I checked my email and saw all the fastrunningblog emails. So I decided to go for a run since Eli was still sleeping. I wanted to run 7 to get to 40 miles this week. I started to go an 7.5 mile route and then it got dark earlier than I expected and I didn't want to run along the river in the dark. Instead I headed home and lengthened my run a little. So I am just under 40 miles, but I would've been a lot more under if I hadn't guilted myself into running! This week my running schedule will have to change slightly. I may (I stress the may) run a couple days in the morning, but it means I won't run as many miles. Class on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and then I'm pretty much done with my classes for this semester.
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