10 miler and a Happy Mommy :)

Ah, what a fantastic day. I have been waiting for this one! No, we didnt run the whole way... Yes, we had aches and pains... But my son had the 'Gidder Done' attitude that I have been wishing he had for the past ?? weeks (How long have we been doing this now?!?)

Last night I asked him to go to bed early so we'd have enough sleep - And he did! - This morning he was up at a descent time, but I didnt manage to get MY lazy bum out the door until after 11am. It was 65 degrees outside, with a moderate breeze from the north - thankfully we werent running north for very long! We wore shorts and a T, stopped by Walgreens and bought gummy bears and gatorade, and parked downtown by the smoothie cafe to get our post-run treat! I mapped our run so that we crossed the causeway twice, spend some time on the mainland in downtown, and some time running through the neighborhoods on the beach side. After reviewing the plan with Boy, we set off and he was SMOKING me. He was so far ahead that when we passed the bathrooms at mile 2, I couldnt flag him down, so I just made a quick pit stop and tried my best to catch up, which I did at mile 3 (red light/cross walk). This is where his problems started setting in, he got a cramp in his right glute. We walked while he totally trashed me for making him get out at NOON and run after I made him go to bed early. It was nice to FINALLY have a normal conversation with him while we are out there!

I got him on a 'mostly' run 4 / walk 1 schedule at that time to get us through the next 2 miles. In the middle of mile 5 we stopped at a park for a water refill (the park was not on the course I made, he actually thought ahead and we detoured - smart boy! I was so proud!). After we left the park, he didnt get started back up again for a while, he was jogging right behind me and before I know it, he's gone. So as you see on the splits below, I literally walked a big portion of mile 6 and all of mile 7 waiting for him to catch up, and he did, eventually, and was still unbelievably in a good mood, just having problems with cramps in his bum ;) Miles 8 & 9 we were back on our 4/1 schedule again and then picked up the pace for the last mile, which he took off and left me on. :)

Splits:
10:19 / 9:59 / 9:53 / 12:17 / 12:02
12:59 /14:13 /11:24 / 10:59 / 10:19

Overall pace: 11:29, cals burned 1052