On Saturday, I got up and got dressed for the group run as planned but had an unexpected situation that made me miss the run. When I came downstairs, I found that my newly adopted puppy (only had him a week) was horribly ill. Luckily for him, I'm a vet so I recognized the signs of parvo immediately and he's been hospitalized since then. On the down side, I've been worried sick about him and it's really brought my attitude down. I did go for a solo run once I was done tending to him, but my heart just wasn't in it. I was planning a 4.5 mile run, but after the first 2 miles I just walked the rest. Crummy day all around.
Pup's making slight improvements, which helps my attitude somewhat. Today we had great weather for our run: 77F and barely any humidity (don't know the actual % though). I did the 3 mile campus loop and my goal was to finish it before the 4-milers caught up to me. I almost made it--they passed me with 2 blocks left to go but I still had a good pace. The guys who passed me had done an 8:18 mile pace so I was right at an 11 minute pace. Nothing too impressive, but I felt pretty good doing it so I'm happy with it. I'm having some doubts about whether to register for the mini. We'll just see how this goes over the next few weeks before I commit.
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