5:30 am. Trying to get back to a home schedule, again. I sure don't have the motivation to get going that I did this time last year, once I get going I'm fine but for some reason the thought of that first mile every morning is pretty tough, I've never really had such a hard time getting out of bed. Anyway, made it to the gym, told myself that a nice easy run would be fine and just get through it. But like I said once I get going it's not so bad. I did the first 4.7 miles in 31:00 and then the treadmill reset on me which always makes me angry. I went to another treadmill and tried to pickup where I had been interrupted at about 6:20 pace, about 1/2 mile into it I decided to see if I could run an 18 minute 5K so I started bumping it up, first mile in about 6:15, second mile in 5:45, third in 5:37 and then .1 in :33. So I did it in 18:10, not to bad, I'm sure if I would have decided earlier that I was running a 5K that I could have done the first mile in 6:00 pretty easy. I'm contemplating running a 5K turkey trot for Thanksgiving but haven't decided which one, I wish I was in a little better 5K shape but I think I could push out a 17:30 in race conditions. I've never "raced" a 5K so I think it would be good to go see what I'm made of. On a different note, I hung Christmas lights on the house last night. Arguably the most dangerous winter sport in the world. But since it's suppose to snow next week and I'm in Paris for 2 weeks after Thanksgiving I figured I should get a jump on it on the last good weather day. Glad to say I survived yet another year of light hanging.
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