Thank you for a very nice post, katluvr, and congrats on your 12-mile "slog". I think you did great considering that I would die trying to run that distance at any speed!

Today was not a good run for me. It was hot and sunny -- 80 degrees by the time I took off at 7:30 am, very windy (cross-wind the entire way since I run on the beach), tide was very high so had to run in soft sand in places, and I had a bit of a Benedryl "hangover" and itchy/sore ankle from where the stinging ant got me on Monday, which is why I'd taken the Benedryl the night before. Ugh!

Managed 3.25 miles and was just glad to get that in, under the circumstances!