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Double digits

I'll get to my weekend recap tomorrow, but first my long run recap.

Saturday's run was scheduled to be 10 miles. Our first double digit run in this marathon training program. And, once again, we were running with the 4:30 pace group.

After all the rain on Friday night, it was pretty nice out Saturday morning. I was afraid/hopeful that it would still be monsooning and I would have an excuse to stay in bed, but the rain cleared up and the weather was relatively cool. For Houston.

And. I finally got myself a hand-held water bottle. I bought the 10.5 ounce version of the amphipod. It was definitely weird to run with and I'll have to get used to it but it wasn't horrible. My elbow was pretty stiff when I was done though.

The run itself was. I don't know. It wasn't good, it wasn't bad. It just was. I ran probably about half of it alone just for a change of pace. I think if I'm going to run alone more though, then I need to replace my ipod.

The new adidas sports bra worked out well. Very minor chafing on my shoulder and I think that was from my shirt, not the sports bra. I'm going to have to buy a few more.

The best part about Saturday's run, as always, was the brunch afterwards. I went home and showered and then I took the twin to Max's Wine Dive. Love that place.

But now I haven't run since Saturday and it's track Tuesday. Must keep up better with my schedule. Totally working on it.


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