Vacation Recap

My vacation was pretty uneventful…until the end. But let’s not start there, let’s start at the beginning, shall we?

When I got to the campground Friday night, I decided I wanted to go for a run. I hadn’t run since Wednesday, and just felt the need to stretch my legs and enjoy the weather. I laced up my shoes and set off, no water belt, just me, my garmin and my ipod.

I seriously had the most amazing run of my life. I’m not kidding. We are talking legs/heart/breathing all working in sync. I was flying. I looked down at my watch and found I was running a 9:30 pace. This is huge for me! I ran my half marathon at a 12:20ish pace back in May. I have been working to get down to about a 10:30-11 minute pace during my regular morning runs. But that day was awesome! I felt so good.  You know that feeling when you are running and your feet and legs feel like they are disconnected from your body? That is how I felt. I was looking around at the campground and didn’t even feel like I was running. I ended up with 1.35 miles at a 9:57 pace. It was fantastic!

The rest of the week passed without a lot of drama…I only got to swim in the lake 3 days, because fall came to Nebraska early! It was cool, which made it perfect for my early morning runs. I ran about 16 miles last week. They were good miles too!

We also took an afternoon to go to a movie. I highly recommend Crazy Stupid Love. It was great!

Sunday morning when I woke up our camper was freezing!! The A/C had stuck on all night, and it was 58 degrees IN the camper. I didn’t want to get out of bed, but I decided it would be warmer to get up and run! So off I went.

All of my runs on vacation were great! I had such a great time, just relaxing and enjoying being with my family. I gained 2 lbs, but they’re almost gone!

Anywho, have a great day friends!