A dark 4

I can't believe how dark it is when I run.  Looking forward to when the time changes and maybe I'll see a little sun.  Or by that time it will cool down and I can do some afternoon runs.  But for now, it's total darkness except on Sundays.  But the sad thing to me is that I see so many school buses out before 6am.  They're out picking up the high school kids so they have to get up way early.

I had an average run this morning.  Goal was 4 miles at an 8:45 pace and my split times were 8:47, 8:38, 8:48, 8:26 (8:40 average).  So I accomplished my goal.  But it just didn't feel great.  Not bad either.  Just ok.  Good news is that the blister on my left foot is a ton better today!  The short run on Sunday followed by a rest day yesterday did a world of good!  Wearing a blister Band-aid both days helped, too!

Was really, really humid out this morning and the sweat on my shirt was proof.  Told ya I've been sweating like a man lately.  It was funny because after I run, I wake up the kids for school.  And I always carry my daughter downstairs.  Well today I was so sweaty she asked if she could put on her robe so I didn't get her all wet.  LOL!

And that's all for now.  I'm not sure how tomorrow's run in gonna work.  I'm supposed to start the first of 7 weeks of Wednesday hill training.  Tomorrow calls for a 2 mile warm-up, 4 hills and a 2 mile cool-down.  Well ... there are no hills close by.  And I don't have a treadmill.  I may go up to the school and run the stadium steps or get up early and go to where I know there is a hill.  Not really sure just yet.  But I KNOW I need this hill training because the hills are what killed me in the marathon last year.  And I have a mental block on them.  Just thinking about those 2 hills at mile 18-21 scares me to death!!  So I gotta get over that.  :)