As a runner, it’s important to have the support of family and friends. As a running mom, it’s essential. It would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to run and race if I didn’t have Beer Geek’s support. He’s always been really good about making sure I have time to run and sometimes sends me out for a run when he realizes that it’s necessary for my mental state.
Lately though, his support has reached a new level. He’s been finding new races for me to run. A race that ends or starts at a brewery? “Let’s” do it! A race that does something weird like cross a border? Hey, honey, I think you should run that. At least he hasn’t decided that this is a good idea (yet).
I had an excellent run tonight. It was one of those runs I just didn’t want to do and my knee was bothering me when I first started. Thankfully, the knee worked out its issues quickly and I settled into a nice pace. Mile 1: 9:21. Nice, felt good. I was just running comfortably. Mile 2: 9:11. OK, I’ll take that. I wasn’t paying a whole lot of attention to Garmin, but when I glanced down near the end of mile 3, I realized I was comfortably running an 8:45 pace. Mile 3: 8:52. Hmm, well, I wonder if I can beat that for mile 4. Yep. Mile 4: 8:40. Well, must finish strong. Mile 5: 8:23! even with a huge uphill at the end. 5 miles in about 44:45. I ran an extra half mile to cool down and called it good.
Tomorrow is my long run. I’m planning 8 miles. I wonder how it’ll go with less than 24 hours between tonight’s speedy run and tomorrow’s long run. Guess I’ll find out soon enough.
Beer Geek sounds like a pretty amazing guy. :)Glad to hear you had a great run.
I swear, the best runs happen when you think it's gonna be a disaster. It's the way of the running world, I guess.
Fantastic run!!And Beer Geek does sound freaking amazing. He's putting careful thought to your races 🙂
It's funny how a non-running spouse can get into it, right?
THat's so sweet that BG is looking up races for you! He must enjoy being a spectator. Or maybe he just hopes to get some beer out of the deal… ;)Great work on the speedy run! Hope your 8 miler goes well.
Just goes to show how beneficial running must be for your physical and mental state…that BeekGeek is helping find races for you to do. 🙂
nice pace! I love runs like that. And that Mt Washington thing looks sick. In a puke-my-gatorade kind of way…
It's nice when you are feeling great on a run and to look down and find out you're running even faster than you thought..awe-some! Beer Geek must be pretty amazing to be your "race agent"!
Spousal support is absolutely necessary!!! 90% of the time, hubby is in full support….the rest of the time we spat about how expensive and time consuming my hobby is…….
It's nice to have such a supportive husband! Mine is more of the "you're paying $ to run 3 miles when you could do it at home for free?" variety.nice run!
Beer Geek rocks! And sweet job on the run!