So last week got so insanely busy that I didn’t get to run before we went to NYC, and then we were all lazy bums once we got there. Ant and I brought our running clothes, and I had every intention of running, but somehow it just didn’t happen. That being said, we had a great weekend up in New York. And at least we did I lot of walking while in the city (although we did considerably more eating).
But this morning I got my ass back out on the street and did two ten-minute runs. And although I wasn’t on the track to measure exactly, I think that I did the first mile in about 9:30. I don’t know for sure, but I’m pretty sure that the stretch of road between 1st and 2nd road is a mile, and started running right before I turned down it and finished right after I turned off. And it makes sense that my time would be better than when I ran at the track in the unbearable cold. I mean, it’s still cold, but today was 29° and there was no wind, a considerable difference than 22° and running against the wind.It’s funny how there is such a difference between running on the track and running on the street. To me, it feels like a mile is so far on the street because you can see just how far it is, and you feel like you are really getting somewhere and making the distance. But on the track, it seems far because of how tedious it is to be running in circles. I am saying all of this after having only run on the track once, so I guess I need to get a few more track runs under my belt before I continue to compare. I think that I definitely prefer the track, but I have been running on the street because it’s quicker for me in the mornings before work. It saves me the ten minutes of driving if I just run from my front door.
Friday I am getting my wisdom teeth out at noon, so my plan is to run in the morning before I go. This way I can finish up Week Six, and I can get one more run in before I will be laid up for a while. I don’t plan on lying around for too long, and I don’t know if running will hurt my teeth at all, but I figure it’d be good to get that last run in anyways, especially since most likely I won’t get in any running over the weekend. Since I won’t have to be anywhere until noon for the extraction, I’m thinking that I will go to the track for a nice 25 minute long run. I’m hoping that this won’t make m cough too much during my extraction (maybe I can’t cough while my mouth is numbed?). I’ve noticed that I cough a lot for the first five or six hours after running. I’ve read about that and about how out of breath I get, and it seems like it might be activity-induced asthma? But I am pretty much the opposite of a hypochondriac, so I’m going to say that I’m just fine and it’s my lungs still getting their sea-legs!
116 days till the Race for the Cure! And I am feeling like I’m off to a great start. I’m going to be more than ready for this “race.” 
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