so, my hair is really short. i sort of realized this yesterday, but it was cemented a few hours ago in the shower when i reached back to shampoo my hair and grasped only air. it’s not short in a bad way, but it’s definitely different and is taking some getting used to. i can’t be sure, but i don’t think i’ve had it this short since senior year of high school (and that was 6.5 years ago). i said shoulder-length; the hair-cutter apparently heard chin-length. but i think i like it.
anyway. time for more exciting news. i ran another 5k this morning (completing my pair of weekend races) that finished on the 50-yard line of reliant stadium. after running a new personal record of 31:40 yesterday, i didn’t really expect much today. well guess what–i ran the race in 30:09!!! i am soooooo excited. i don’t really know how it happened. i ran the first half of the race with debbie before pulling about a minute and a half ahead of her, and she said we took off really quickly. i didn’t look at my watch when we passed mile 1, so i don’t know how quickly we ran that one. and there never was a marker for mile 2, so i really had no idea what kind of pace i was on. next thing i knew i passed the marker for mile 6 (the marker was for the 10k people), and knowing i had only 0.2 miles to go (since the races finished at the same spot) i glanced at my watch to find 28:40! i couldn’t believe my eyes, but i picked up the pace a bit more for the home stretch and just barely missed finishing in under half an hour. maybe next time!
in any case, i’m excited.
and to top that, my plans for the afternoon are…cleaning my apartment. fun, fun. ugh.
