Busy busy!

What a busy few days it has been!

Last week, I ran for 3 miles straight on the treadmill and could have kept going. It was just a matter of slowing my pace by 30 seconds a mile! It definitely made me feel better after last Sunday's painful run at the reservoir.

Saturday was the Spring Stroll, which went well considering the town of West Hartford was practically empty! I guess everyone thought the weather was going to be bad, even though it was pretty nice for most of the day. There were a bunch of great charities sitting around with nobody to learn about them! It definitely didn't feel like a typical Saturday in the center. Regardless, we still raised over $77 on Saturday, and an additional $14 on Sunday/Monday because the Green Teahouse continued to sell my matcha cookies. There may be more cookie-baking in my future!

I've made Sundays my no-excuses, run outside days, and this past Sunday was no exception, despite the rain! To be honest, the rain was actually somewhat nice -- I kept cool and nobody was on the trail other than a couple families of geese! My pacing is definitely getting better. I had to take a couple of walking breaks, but I felt a lot more comfortable when running and managed to slow myself down a bit. Including the walking breaks, my average pace was 11:33.

Only one problem; rain and glasses don't mix!