Speedwork, Mom-style

Well, I don't know what day of training this is.  That tends to happen.  Anyway, it's A day of training, and I ran 5 miles this morning. in 53:01.  That's pretty darn fast for me.  Consider, yesterday, I ran 3.2 miles in 40 minutes.  I'm a dawdler, and I'm proud.

I don't usually do speedwork.  I don't enjoy it, and I truly don't care if I am fast.  I run for pleasure, and so I avoid turning my running time into something that I don't find pleasurable.  This is just my personal philosophy, YMMV.

But occasionally speedwork is injected into my workouts.  Here's how that usually goes:  Last night, I thought I'd prepare myself some breakfast so it would be ready to eat in the morning.  So I made a bowl of overnight Peach Oatmeal, and left it in the fridge.  This morning, I got up at 5:15, took my thyroid pill, fed the cat, birds,  and dogs, and let the dogs out.  Then I put them back away to enjoy 30 minutes of sleep.  I got up, let the dogs out, folded the laundry, and put caribbean beans and rice and pineapple upside down cake in the crock pot, for dinner tonight.  I did a load of laundry and folded it, fed and watered the chickens, and I ate my oatmeal.  I realized that it was almost 7:00 and thought, "OH CRAP!  I need an hour to run 5 miles!  But I need to get the kids up at 7:30, 7:45 at the latest, to get them to camp on time!"  I put the dogs away and hustled out the door, considering all the options.  The weather was good, after last night's storm, it was a brisk 86 F, and humid, but probably better than other options this week.  I could just do 4 today, and 5 tomorrow.  OTOH, who knows what will come up tomorrow? I have a short long run this week, only 7 miles, so I could theoretically do one on Friday.  Or, I could hustle.  I felt pretty good, procrastinating is always a poor choice, so I decided to move my feet!
I ran around Tower Grove and the MO Botanical Garden, and home.  I hustled, so I made it, got kids up and dressed, lunches made, and kids to camp on time.  Plus a good workout and the peace of mind of being done!