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Today's Plan: long easy run
Some days the universe just works against you. Today is that day. After a great afternoon yesterday with my high school buddies eating, snacking, inhaling, grazing and eating a bit more of crackers, cheeses, fresh salsa, home made guacamole, bread and dipping oils, I was ready for a long run to work some of that off. I went out this morning ready to run. We have to get hay later and we had to move a wood stove out of the hay barn. I offered to help my husband first, knowing that I was likely to come back from my run and find the stove moved and an aching husband. He wasn't quite ready, so I started cleaning out where the hay would go while waiting. After we moved the stove, I finished cleaning the hay area. By then I was in it, so I cleaned the rest of the barn, which is storage for my garden gear and decor. Of course by the time I was done an hour had passed and I was dirty and covered in hay. My poor sneakers.  I came in to change, threw my sneakers in a load of wash and pulled out my older running shoes. As an aside, my running shoes are only for running, I don't wear them around. I have plenty of other shoes, especially for around the barn. So I gear up and head down the road.  I barely got 2 tenths of a mile from the driveway when I hear scampering behind me. My littlest training partner was running down the road. Apparently she thought I forgot her. Our screen door needs to be fixed and Daisy decided it was a doggie door for her. Somehow she made it past my husband and down the drive after me.  After picking her up and carrying her back (she doesn't like to be carried,  likes to free to sniff and wander, so that was a punishment right there), I decided that it just wasn't my day.  So here I sit, coffee in hand, waiting to go get hay. Which, in itself, is a workout. Just not a run. But tomorrow is another day!