Wonky Weekend, 8/13 & 8/14

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<p><strong>Relay</strong> is next Friday and Saturday - woot woot!!</p>
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<p>This morning was tempo run at hyland...so warm up through the ski hills and then tempo (or what passes for tempo on soft wet hilly trails) back to the gate and then cool down up the fire road.  Overall it went ok..but man, they laid down fresh dirt on some sections which made them super slow and sucked the energy right out of me.  At the end, my legs were completely dead. overall finished the tempo portion in about 9 min average.  not bad but I would have liked to have been faster.</p>
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<p>Running longish tomorrow</p>
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<p>ate cupcakes - yummy salted caramel cupcake with white chocolate whipped frosting.  Holy carp - amazing...simply amazing. </p>
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<p><strong>Mindi</strong> - nice racing by you and the fam!!  Have fun at the game</p>
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<p><strong>Kath</strong> - woot for new stuff!!   I'd (()) the grion issue but....boys get all excited bout that kind of thing </p>
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<p><strong>Bob</strong> - after 20 miles I nap...I don't do all that stuff!!  wow!!</p>
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<p><strong>Lora</strong> - I couldn't see that pic on my phone when I posted yesterday - that is freaking awesome!</p>
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<p><strong>Moon</strong> - piano moving ??? wow!  And those pancakes at Hell's Kitchen were amazing.  I am still trying to coordinate a sunday long run with breakfast there afterwards.  man...those things are like crack!</p>
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<p>Well, I did 15 this morning with 11-14 at GRP (which is supposed to be 847).  We ran from Lake Harriet along trails to Target Field (where the Twins play), got our picture taken, one guy threw some pitches (in one of those machines) and we almost went in a bounce house (deal breaker was that we would have had to take off our shoes).  They had an under 18 world series today for a program that promotes baseball in inner cities and we got there before the first game (unknown to us) and we had all the attention of the people in the plaza.  "Is there a race?  A half marathon?"  Ha!  I'll post our picture on Facebook...it is awesome.  The run went GREAT. Overall pace was 909 - my fastest  long run EVAH and those 3 miles were 822, 834 and 844.  I got dropped from our group (who were running 8s at that point..holy carp) but gutted it out.  feeling good about that one....I need a nap before lifting though.  </p>
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