I drove out to Colorado yesterday for one last visit with my parents before they head to Europe for the year. My Dad took a temporary job out there that will give them quite the bang for their working-life finale. Pretty exciting, huh? I had all sorts of plans of going to visit them and touring all over the continent myself - and then I remembered I had three kids - not one of them is four yet. I would have loved you well Europe. I promise. 1 1/2 mile warm-up and cool-down, 5 mile tempo run. Still no watch but I imagine I was somewhere in the 6:45-50s. I started out pretty hard and faded at the end - and by end I definitely mean from the mid-way mark on. It was nice to know what too hard feels like. I was hoping to do a 20 mile run tomorrow but my sister who lives in Colorado called tonight on her way to the ER possibly for surgery. My parents went up to stay with her kids tonight. That leaves me babysitter-less for tomorrow. Am I concerned for my sister? YES! And yet I feel bad for me...pathetic. Oh obsession.
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