Well, life got in the way of posting about my run yesterday: my mischievous little kitty, Havilland, ate a poisonous plant right after I got back from the run, and therefore I've spent all weekend engaged in emergency veterinary activities. Finally now we've got her back home, and it looks like she'll probably be OK. Who knew running 12 miles wouldn't be the biggest challenge of the weekend? Dealing with the unfriendly vet techs at the emergency animal clinic all weekend was much harder!

Anyway.... it seems a little anticlimactic now, but the 12-miler was fine. It was a gorgeous day for a run -- sunny and cool and not humid. It was a mostly flat course (just one very short hill and one longer but very gradual hill), and if anything, it felt a little easier than last week's shorter-but-hillier run. The TNT energy product box contained a new product this week: the PowerBar Gel Blast. I happily ate a package of lemon ones after Mile 5 -- and only then discovered that they contain gelatin. D'oh! Vegetarianism fail. Bummer, because they were actually pretty yummy.

I felt tired afterward, but didn't completely pass out after the run. (This may have been partly due to poisoned-kitty panic, which turned me into one of those mothers who suddenly have superhuman strength when their babies are in danger.) I did take a nap later in the afternoon, but it wasn't out of control like last weekend. My body does feel pretty tired today. I'm having a problem with my right hip, which is aching a lot and actually keeping me awake at night (including Friday night, so it's not just the result of Saturday's run). I'm not sure what to do about this and hope it goes away soon.