“‘Caz baby you’re a firework

Come on, show ‘em what you’re worth

Make ‘em go ‘Oh, oh, oh’

As you shoot across the sky-y-y”

Today’s goals:

- I will run a mile in 12 minutes to finish off the official day of RWRunStreak.

- I will enjoy the fireworks as I run and forget about looking at my watch.

- I will not focus on bad food, just on the portion of the food that I can control.

How’d I do?

- RWRunStreak Day 38 — 1.06 miles @ 12:40 — pace of 11:56!!!!!!!!

- food portions were awesome, one serving of everything I wanted, dipped into my workout calories but for days like today that’s alright.

Me post-run.  Those shorts were my RWRunStreak reward!  Parents bought ‘em for me, so I broke them in for my final official run (still got one more tomorrow to make up for the tropical storm rain-out day).

Reaction:

Well, umm, I finished off the run streak with a pace of UNDER TWELVE MINUTES!  When I finished off the running streak last year my final run was 13:19 pace (I had to go searching for it).  To say I’m proud is, well, an understatement, in the least.  I’m amazed.

All day I was like “Is it night yet?  Can I run yet?”  My goal was for a night run with fireworks lighting up the sky.  I looked at my watch 2 different times — the 1/4 mile and right at the end because I zigged into my driveway 0.03 too soon and I probably lost a second or two because of it.  But when I stopped my watch and say 11:56 for the first mile, my heart skipped a beat.

While I was running I was smiling, thinking about the 37 days before that I had logged on the treadmill at the Y, with my dog, and the very few times I ran outside.  It was the one real night each year that I feel safe with running because of all the people out setting off fireworks.  I even ran by a few neighbors who remarked on how dedicated I was to run.  I just smiled, thanked them, and said I was out to enjoy the night and the fireworks.

I’ll recap the RWRunStreak another day, but here’s a few views of the fireworks I saw tonight: