Finally, a decent run

Well it's about time. I totally did not want to get out of bed yesterday. It was raining, I worked until almost midnight sunday, watched a little tv and crashed hard. My energy was everywhere monday morning. I started out dead to the world, then finally got enough coffee in me. One of my cohorts was up at 5:30 am testing my software from Sunday night, and she found some very creative ways to break it. So I came down to the office to a flurry of demands while I was still barely awake and craving more coffee.

By lunchtime, the pressure eased up a bit and everyone sort of calmed down it seemed. I was actually able to eat lunch, that was unexpected. Then we got the last few tricks cleaned up in the afternoon, and everyone seemed happy by the afternoon. That was one hell of a relief after friday, when everyone was working in fear and nobody felt at ease about anything around the office. So big sigh of relief there, but it's the kind of sigh of relief that still has an air of caution.

Have you ever tried shredded chicken in a lasagna? Kelley made one last night that was freaking outstanding. It's 10 am and I'm already drooling for leftovers. Chicken, tons of veg (carrots, peppers, you name it) and fat free mozzarella. oh yea. Great dinner last night.

Then I gave the girls a bath and hit the gym once they were in bed. I did some core work per the Tri Power plan, and then a 4 mile tempo run on the treadmill. it was dead on 40 minutes and felt great. My form felt good, legs felt good, everything was smooth and fast. the 40 minutes included a 3 min warm up and 3 min cool down, so the bulk of the miles came at around a 6.4 speed.

This morning my left shin and foot pain is back, but it's not too bad. Still, I think that will be my last run before the sprint triathlon on sunday. Gotta get some bike time in though. Happy tuesday!