4 Doughnuts

Spent all day swinging hammer, lifting 4x8 sheets of plywood, and balancing on rickety saw horses. We're hustling to get the chicks, now young chickens out of the house into a converted garden shed- now a chicken coop.

I was up and at it early this morning; charging the day with a hot cup of coffee and four doughnuts. Not my usual affair. I had my chops set on the left over pie from last night's dinner. When I awoke, however, the piece was gone and I was off to the grocery store for coffee and a sweet. Anyway, I didn't stop for lunch. Drink a lot of water.

Quit at 5pm. Hustled into the house, changed into my running clothes, and headed out the door. It would have been much easier to call it a day with abeer. But I was able to avoid the pitfall and get down the road for 8 miles.

I've recovered from the Yakima Marathon and I decided to get some speed back into my legs. Yesterday, I ran 8x400 at 85 seconds with a 200m jog in between. So, I was in for the hurt which came about mile 6, so I shut it down and cruised home slowly.

I don't know if this run gets me any closer to my goal of running a marathon in 3:20. But it sure felt good to sit on the back steps, watch the sun go down and know that I got my run in on 4 doughnuts and coffee.