Dorothy...

So today was so windy that sometimes I felt like I was going to get carried away, okay maybe not completely like Dorothy did but pretty darn close. :) The main thing keeping me going on the way out was knowing that after 6 miles I would be turning around and this wind would then be carrying me home. And it did carry me home. I did the last 6 miles at about an 8 min/mile pace. The way out was a bit of a different story filled with stops along the way. A Bear came and picked up Josie at mile 3.5 and I stopped and took off my undershirt because i was hot and mentioned that my pants were really hot too. Then at about 5.5 miles my darling husband showed up again with shorts in his hands for me to change into, my sweaty legs could not have been happier. So with two stops and a water break I made it the first 6 miles in about an hour. A couple of times the wind really did blow me back a little and I had to put my head down and keep going. I felt really good though and can't complain about the beautiful day it turned out to be on the way back. I had tired legs when I woke up this morning and I rested them for a couple of hours before I took off. It was a great run and I still feel pretty good. It made me look forward to pushing myself to see how far I can go. Another exciting thing was that I found my headband that I had lost last week on my Saturday run, how amazing is that? There it was just sitting on El Dorado on the side of the road. I felt like the luckiest girl. So 5 weeks of training down, 13 weeks to go!