Missed it by "that" much!

Whew!  Just missed a big storm today!  Got back to the house at about 6:40am and by the time I got out of the shower, it was POURING!  I did get to watch some pretty cool lightning though.  And as much as I was sweating, you would have thought I ran in the rain!

Today was my easy 4 mile run.  Last night I said I wanted to run it at about a 9:00 pace. That was not gonna happen today!  I woke up and felt like an arthritic 80-year-old!  My bones and muscles in my legs hurt so bad.  It was all I could do to just go on the run.  So I took it slow until I warmed up then salvaged the run the second half and felt pretty good about it.  Split times were 9:57, 9:28, 9:19, 8:39 (9:21 average).  And that first mile wasn't quite as bad as it seems.  I had some iPod technical issues (it came unplugged) and I had to stop for a few seconds and figure all that out and the autopause on my watch did not autopause!!

Tomorrow is my long run ... 16 miles!  I'm a little nervous because I haven't run that far in months and months!!  The good news - weatherman says high of 78°, low of 55°!!!  OMG!  Doesn't look like I'll have to contend with any heat so I'm excited about that!  So there'll be no excuses for not having an awesome run.  :D