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It was a long week (out travelling for work!)...but I'm back!. It feels good to be home, I feel like I have been gone for ages and it was only 5 days!.

I did manage to squeeze one run while out there (a short one -2.7 miles-, but I still get an A for effort! ;)). So today when I finally got back (after waking up at 5am and taking a connecting flight)..I actually put my running shoes on and got out there!.

I am not going to lie...it was HORRIBLE. For a short moment I thought I was going to pass out and wondered what the heck I was thinking when I thought it was a good idea to run after the day (and week) I had!.... I think I was dehydrated from the plane (and also because I had been in the desert for a few days!)...so I was a little slower than I was on Monday. I ran 3.75 miles (about 6 km) in a little over 39 minutes...the same distance took me 38 minutes on Monday...you are probably thinking...who cares!...that's just one minute. I care, my Nikeplus thingy tells me my pace and I should be getting better, not worse...lol. Right now I average about 10.25 miles/minute. When I told my dad he said that was horrible...but of course that's coming from the guy that successfully finished full marathons all over the world!. I do plan on working on the speed, just not quite yet. I want to give myself a month of just getting my body used to this running thing. I am hoping by 12/20 (the 10k!) I am running steady at 10 miles/min. Yeah dad, I know..that's still pretty slow and you can probably do that on a brisk walk!! but let's take baby steps ;) hehe

This Sunday is the Walk for the Down Syndrome Association of Miami. I am so excited to meet up with my old friend and meet her beautiful son!!!. You can still sign up and join us!!! (you can even register that same day) Let me know if you would like to come!...we will be there at around 8am and the more the merrier!! (I'm bringing my sister and nephews along!).

You can also just donate (I know times are tough, but even the smallest contributions count!). Join me in supporting Niko :))

http://www.firstgiving.com/teamniko2008

Off to bed!