Happy Labor Day to you!

Yesterday morning I woke up at 5:15am (!!) to run the annual Labor Day run at Saguaro National Park. 5:15am is early. It is especially early when you feed a baby on demand throughout the night. And, it just so happened that Ezra was especially hungry/wanted to be close to mom throughout the eve of Labor Day. I think he ate at 12am, 3:30am, 3:45am (just needed extra cuddling), and then 4:50am. And yes, I did go back to sleep after the 4:50am feeding for all of the 13 minutes before my alarm went off at 5:15am.

But, sleep deprivation didn't slow me down somehow. In fact, I ran my best 5k time in a few years. That's not really saying all too much for me considering I haven't been the most consistent in my running/training since moving to Arizona. I finished at 25:56 (my watch time) or 26:00 (official clock time). That put me at 32nd overall out of 292 runners. And, 1st for my age group. Yup, I'm now officially in the 30-34 age group so I have no college kids to compete against. Gotta love it. :) Oh, what did I win you ask? A snazzy water bottle.

Next weekend I'm signed up to run the Chicago Half Marathon. I don't think I'm going to fair as well in that race. So far my longest run has been 6 miles. Please pray that I finish. :)