Running into June - May 30-June 5

[WindingRoad]

4 miles for me yesterday AM, it just won't friggin' stop raining here so I can ride my bike! I have been caught in rainstorms at least 5 times already, grumble grumble grumble. That's a lot of bike cleaning. Workin' upper body tonight after work at the gym, gotta get tandem worthy quick!

[Crankin]

OK, I did my "test" 5K this morning, around 8:30. It was pleasantly cool (65-68) when I started, breezy, and cloudy. But, the humidity was 75%. I didn't wear my sunglasses, and of course, the sun came out after about 20 minutes.
I decided to run in the center of town, to give me stuff to look at. There are also some nice hard packed dirt sidewalks in part of the route. So, I drove the 3.8 miles there and then walked for about 10 minutes to warm up. Generally, I did not feel that great, but, I did it, with an 11:30 pace, which is pathetic, but I guess i probably won't be last. My run this morning was flat; the run on Saturday has a couple of small hills, but nothing like running up my street, which I am used to.
I drank 15 oz. of water and poured the other 5 oz. down my shirt when I was about 1/2 mile from the end. Not sure why my stomach always acts up when I run and why I drink more than most people would for a 10K or more. But, as I was walking to cool down, I did stop myself from going into one of the two bakeries that were calling out to me! I got in my car, put the AC on full blast and immediately got into a cool bath when I got home, and put on my Zoot tights. You would think I had run a marathon, but I will be hurting if I don't do this. So, my choice is to go ahead and do the race, chicken out and do the walk instead, or bag the whole thing... the weather Saturday is forecast to be similar to what today was, but it might be in the seventies by 10:00 AM. And, it could rain, which I would not mind.

[skhill]

Well, yesterday I gave in to the repeated pleadings of our local blood donation center, and gave my pint. (Yet again, it took 2 tries to register a high-enough blood pressure and pulse to donate). And this morning I had my best ever day-after-donation run: 5 miles, at about a 9:30/mile pace. The first 4 miles were great, the last mile I kinda died. But it's nice to thing I'm getting the hang of just how much I need to eat and drink the day of a blood donation to still feel strong the next day.

Today's the last day of school here, so no more dodging school buses on my runs!