So, I miscalculated my run time on Friday. I actually ran it in 32:50, not 32:15.
Since I probably won’t get a run in tomorrow, I ran it today. I wore my HR monitor and here’s what I got.

My best estimate of the mile markers:
I start the route at the telephone pole just before the wooden bridge on the trail
Mile 1 ends at the first boulder past the big curve just after the main parking lot (the end of the big hill)
Mile 2 ends at Pull Off 8
I finish where I started.

My shins started hurting about halfway through the route. I stopped to fastwalk for about 45 seconds twice: once on the curve past the main parking lot and once up the hill to the south parking lot. My fastwalk pace is faster than my running pace when I am going uphill. I just pump my arms and go!

I really don’t like running. I dread it before I start, I moan and groan as I run it, but when I am finished I feel really good about doing it! It’s the classic love/hate thing. I hate when I’m doing it, but I love that I did it!

I’m a geek at heart, so using numbers and gadgets for my run can only help motivate me.

I got on the scale and lost .8 since I last weighed myself That’s SOMETHING!

Summer is so hard for me. I *love* ice cream. I had ice cream twice yesterday

My parents fly in tomorrow. Which could spell disaster for my eating. Especially since we are going to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory on Tuesday night for my cousin Lester’s birthday dinner.

I *must* stick to my work out routine. That will be my consolation if my eating gets completely out of hand.