Tuesday is just Monday's ugly stepsister

I was so mad last night trying to post my thing.  Had all the photos up and done, was well written, I was very pleased with it.  Went to hit publish, and it froze for a moment.  Like there was just nothing going on.  I clicked publish again, and still, nothing happened.  Ok, I thought I should just save it and then back out of the page and try again.  Yeah, it said saved, but it did not do that.  Instead it took me back to the first two paragraphs that I had attempted to write on Sunday.  So, I said fuck it.  Tonight however, I will get this done the right way.

I waited until tonight to run because I was really liking the feeling of my bed.  I was very happy about sleeping and didn't want to get up.  Besides, since my daughter had failed to get her chores done that I had asked her to, when I picked her up from my friends this afternoon, me going to run would give her some time to get her clothes put away.  A win for both of us.
67% Humidity???

So, I set out tonight hoping to get just a short two miles in.  It wasn't that the day was hard or bad or anything like that, it was just another Tuesday.  It's not like I had to get my head straight, after two days of not taking my thyroid pills, two days later, I am finally feeling like a normal person again.  I hate that I need to have them, but I am so glad for having them.  I wanted to just do a lap or two around the block.  I started out and a light rain started to come down.  I kept thinking that I was glad I didn't have my phone because soon enough the sky would open up and give me all she had.  I was looking forward to this.  That was not the case though.  Without the rain, it was so muggy and hot outside.  The air was stale and there was no breeze at all.  I had a hard time breathing is such a climate (I think I got a cramp in my diaphragm though so there was that problem).  But, I kept a good pace for me.  The first mile I completed in 12.06 minutes.  Yay!! So then, the next mile comes and the air is still killing me, my breathing becomes more labored due to the problem with my chest, and I slowed way down.  I hate that I had to walk so much, but, breathing is a good thing, so I want to continue to do that.  By my third mile, I just wanted to do enough so I could hit 3 miles.  I was on a roll and my body started to act like it wanted to run.

I finished my run with an impressive time for me, less than 40 minutes.  I was pretty pleased with that.  Yay me!  Anyhow, it was a good day to run, hopefully the rain will get here.  There is a severe thunderstorm warning until tomorrow night, so who knows, I could still some rain later on.  But for tonight, I'm out saying good night, and good luck.
Under 40 minutes! Hooray!!

Happy Running All~



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