2 mile Run

Today was a busy, busy day. We are getting ready to head to Dallas, so we needed to wrap some stuff up.

Greg was so nice and he went to the nursery and got 2 cubic yards of mulch for me. It's just in time, because I've been battling with weeds lately. It looks so good! I'm thrilled with the results.

So, after all the mulching of my 4 gardens, I hit the trail. I decided to take it a bit easy and just run 2 miles. I figure with all the mulching, I didn't need to run 3 + miles today.

I had just picked up the new Dave Matthews Band CD today. It is AMAZING!!! You must know that I am a HUGE Dave Matthews Band fan. So, I'm biased. Anyway, I loaded it onto my iPod and put it on for the run. It was very motivating, especially the 2nd and 3rd songs.

I started out slow, but then thought I'd push it just a bit. I'd been running slower and slower since my horrible cold 2 weeks ago. I wanted to see if I could run a 10 min mile. Well, there was yet another strong northerly wind as I hit the large hill on my way out. I pushed through it, and made 1 mile at 10:12. I did have to wait for a little bit too to cross the road. I figure it was around 10 minutes. I turned around and when I hit 2 miles it was 19:51! Yeah me! It felt amazing!

5 days until the triathlon now. I'm getting more and more excited. 2 days until we leave for Dallas!!