Nice comfortable temperature for running. It was a tough start for me today. I feel so out of shape (probably because I am). I took a couple of walk breaks to regroup and get my mental game on. I kept thinking of all these reasons why I was struggling today...could be the 9 to 12 hour days I've been working for the past 9 months...or maybe the fact that I was up until midnight last night with my daughter...or maybe because I need go shopping and didn't have any milk for my oatmeal. Whatever the reason I decided to live in the moment. Grateful that I am able to be out running. I decided to just do whatever I could and start planning what I will do to get faster and stronger. All of a sudden I thought of QP because I saw a fabulous road kill. Poor deer was no match for a car. I was scared to look at it because I don't like blood...then I looked anyway. I have never seen road kill like this one. The poor deer's brains came out of her nose. No blood just pink brains squiggling about 4 inches out of each nostril. Sorry this is so gross but I can't help telling you. I'm still considering going back for a picture for QP. The distraction was good because I forgot how crappy I was feeling. I decided to push myself the last mile so I would have a good mile out of this run. Mentally I told myself to push for a 9:05 mile. I was happy to see my watch in 8's and kept going. Looking forward to a summer of improving strength, endurance, and speed. AP: 9:35 10:05, 9:48, 9:29, 9:44, 9:32, 9:37, 8:48 | 