Against the wind

Remember that old Bob Seger song "Against the Wind"

"Against the wind
Im still runnin against the wind
Well Im older now and still
Against the wind"

That is what I felt like this morning. I felt lucky when i woke up and it was 60 degrees outside and it was NOT raining. I was feeling great until I hit my 3rd mile and I turned against a fierce wind and I felt like I was running in place. I came home to hear Brett Anthony say there was a wind advisory out and there were reports of 60 mph winds in Lee's Summit (where I live). Unfortunately my time was a bit off for this run and i am blaming it on the rain wind.

I did feel good about the 4 mile this morning though. It is crazy to think that 4 miles is now my "short" run. I remember not too long ago when I was "in it to finish it" during the 4-mile zoo run.

I will also be traveling to STL this weekend to watch my BFF run in the STL marathon. This will be her first marathon and she is hoping to finish in 4 hours. CRAZY! (Hasn't she heard of cars?!?) I think I will be doing my 7 mile run in Forest Park. My BF, Jim has offered to run the half marathon at my side which is saying a lot b/c he is all legs and could easily lap me. I think I will take him up on his offer. Last week I let him run with me and I set some rules: #1 no passing me #2 no talking. With half a mile left he starts in with:

Jim: "oh, they have a pool over here?"
Me: "yeah"
Jim: "blah, blah, blah, blah"
Me: "NO TALKING!"

Despite this breaking of the rules, I think he is a good running partner and I think I ran better having him with me (even if he did run behind me the entire time).