Today was a pretty long day. Class at 8 a.m., which meant a 6a.m. wakeup - giving me just enough time to take care of the puppy dog and myself (but mostly the puppy) and head on out to school. The trains were so packed today...Brooklyn is getting way too crowded!

For my second class today, Sociology and the Family, I had a "field assignment" and had to walk from 68th street to 80th street, and then over about 5 blocks from Lexington to York! So that was a decent amount of my cross training today.

Anyway school went well and afterwards I met up with a friend who I work with. We headed over to Barnes N' Noble so she could get a GRE Test practice book and I could get a guide on attempting to figure out Statistics. Me and math just don't get along very well. Barnes is on 86th street so I got a lot more walking in, plus back downtown about 10 blocks for work!

I had two Kidsports classes and then headed home. When I got home my whole body was in pain and I was exhausted from standing, walking, and chasing kids all day! I sat down and had a cup of tea and in about 15 minutes I got the strange urge to go for a run. I pretty much thought I must be crazy for feeling so tired only a few minutes before and quickly switching to "LET'S GO POUND OUT A MILE!" mode.

So, instead of thinking twice, I went onto www.MapMyRun.com and figured out a quick one-mile loop around my neighborhood. I took off and finished in about 10 minutes. I took one break in the middle of the run to walk for two blocks, but I was off again and was pretty pleased with my stamina. I guess I cheated a little bit on tomorrow, and I hope it doesn't hinder the training at all - but I just got the urge and went with it. I sense an addiction coming on...

As for now, I'm heading out to dinner (slightly sweaty) with the BF. Hopefully he isn't offended by my odor ;) .

WRITE ERIN WRITE!!! YOUR ABSENCE IS DEPRESSING!

Back with more updates later!
Casey