Pollen Attack

The school year is ending and I am doing reports and reports and reports. Seriously, you won't believe the amount of paperwork a preschooler has in his/her folder. Some of these reports are definitely necessary - to document progress etc. But some are just plain ridiculous.
SO I needed a run to clear my head. 

The wind must have conspired with the pollen today. They ganged up on me and made today's run quite an unusual one. Arkansas has lots of trees, and I read somewhere some years back that it's one of the top states for having quite a lot of pollen.  Kid you not, I thought my lips were kinda powdery when I licked them at one point of my run. And my throat, it was kinda dry. I ran out with the wind blowing against me and thought, well, it will be better on my way back. Haha. What a joke. Haha. Didn't happen. Still got slapped in the face by the wind.
Nonetheless, it was a very good run. It cleared my head from the paperwork and I know I will focus better on calculating percentages and updating progress reports later.

The stats. 

Mile 1: 10:30.23

Mile 2. 10:53.30

Mile 2. 11:01.19

3 miles in 32:27 mins (Average 10:48/mile)

Not too shabby. The good thing was I sustain a 10+ minute/mile for the first two just like last week. The not-so-hot thing was not keeping all three miles under 11:00mins.  But it will be OK. I just have another short term goal to work on the next time I run. :) It can be done! Right? 

Have a wonderful week ahead. I am still putting together a review of the products I used last Saturday, so stay tune.

Words with Wind and Legs

Dear Wind.  Please quit blowing in my face.  Why won't you leave me alone?  Why don't you blow on my back?  Why must you come head to head with me?  Please go away.

Dear Legs.  Do I really need to hollow you out and dig all the lead out?  Is that leprechaun still hanging around since St. Patty Day? Ooooh, bad leprechaun, you need to go drag some Irish chicks' legs and not mine.  I am Chinese, I don't do St. Patty Day. You got the wrong person. 

I Was Leery Of.   Some men just hanging by the elementary school.  It is spring break. And these 3 big men were just hanging there.  Maybe they were doing some maintenance work while school's out. I waved and said "hi" to them though.  And when they asked, "How are you?" I replied "Great!" in the chirpiest tone I could muster up. I smiled and tried to run like a strong, happy woman.  A great ponytail day made it easy. I bounced around to the rhythm of my ponytail.  

By the Numbers.    
Mile 1: 11:40/mile
Mile 2: 11:51
Mile 3: 11:25
Mile 4: 11:26
Mile 5: 11:45
Total: 5 miles in 58:11 minutes @ 11:38/mile pace.
Not too shabby since they were all under 12:00/mile.  Apart from the leprechaun, why won't my legs go any faster?  They feel heavy.

Thankful For.  An injury-free run. A safe run. A pretty day. Cold water after a run.