12 Miles - November 25th

So we are back from Houston but we are in Arlington. So I didn't get to run at my beloved White Rock Lake. That's ok though, because instead I ran around my old course that I started running in high school and in the summers home from college. I remember when my friend Peter and I would get up early before my summer school classes at TCC, and run 4 miles with Brett's crazy dog. And I say crazy because he would put on his "brakes" anytime we got close to a drain in the sidewalk. After we got back from our run, Dakota the husky would make for the pool to cool off where he would lounge the rest of the day.

So back to the run..I left my dad's house with a water bottle in hand and made my way to Woodside. I dropped the bottle at Kelly Perkins and continued running up to Pleasant Ridge, where I turned around and headed back down to Kelly Perkins, turned left and went around "the loop", ran in Phil's parents neighborhood, and back to my dad's, completing six miles. I Gu'd up, had some water and continued my run, deciding to alter my course and complete two three mile loops, rather than run up to pleasant ridge and back. It was a good run, mainly because of the hills it involved, which are key in preparing me for Austin, and also because it was much easier than the half for me.

Afterwards we enjoyed brunch at Joe T's, where I guiltlessly ate my chicken fajitas...after burning 1200 calories, you need to make up for it, right? ;)