Old Stomping Grounds

We spent Tuesday night at my parent's house in Arlington so I went on my run Wednesday morning around their house. I loved going on one of my old routes, I miss running around there. It is so different because I don't run into tons of people and there were only like 4 kids waiting for the bus. It was mostly just me and Jo. She of course found a Starbucks cup at about the 1 mile marker and carried it to the very end of the run when she dropped it in exchange for a piece of, what I'm sure was delicious, trash. It was also Jo's first time to run around that neighborhood. It was a great run and I felt great. Now this morning was a different story. I was dragging Josie the whole time and felt tired. I was ready to get home and move on with my day. The weather is still great but started to cool off some. It is now turning into beautiful fall weather, which I also love. I was just taking a look at my training schedule and realized I am only running 6 miles tomorrow but then I never have low Saturday mileage again, until after the marathon. Wow, that is kind of daunting. Never again a casual 6 or 7 miler, which means all of my runs will be over an hour. I need to start thinking better about hydration and eating during the run. I've always been so bad about that. I've never done the gu thing but I guess I could try it or carry dried fruit with me, or some type of power bar. Hm...