8 Mile Run with Dorian

  So, at some point between midnight and 3:30 AM my son had gotten up out of his bed and crawled into our bed right beside me  without my realizing it. He left his pacifier in his bed though, so I was awoken to his chirping and restlessness around 3:40 AM. Once I figured out where his pacifier was (around 3:55 AM) I thought for sure he would fall back to sleep....... wrong. By 4:40 AM I knew he was going to fall back to sleep and I had to make a decision, wait until the afternoon and run in the heat and sun or get up and take Dorian with me and run.
  I'll say this right now, I don't like running alone with Dorian. A woman with a stroller is a target, and I am on constant guard whenever he is with me (just about all the time) - which means absolutely no relaxation, none whatsoever. I have 3 days out of the week that are my runs, just me time - Wednesday, Friday and Sunday... those runs give me a chance to relax, breath and just have good ole quality personal one on one time with my soul and my thoughts. That doesn't happen when I run with Dorian, even with the group on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday because I am still concerned with traffic and making conscious decisions with Dorian's safety in mind. It just isn't awesome, even when I carry my gun and pepper spray, I still have to be on constant guard and aware of my surroundings.....  on the other note pushing the stroller does make me stronger, as long as nothing bad happens.
  Anyways, so we got up and headed to the Evansville riverfront with a game plan of 7 miles pushing the stroller. I think my longest run with a stroller was 5 miles back in 2012...? I knew this was going to be interesting for sure.
   Temperature was 72 degrees, sunny and 83% humidity..... fun fun. I think around 1.2 miles we stopped at the casino so I could use the bathroom and then another stop at mile 2 to take a sip, then we stopped again at mile 4 for another breather and to take my shirt off and to take a sip. Sadly around 4.2 miles I had to stop again and use the bathroom in the woods off the pathway (thankfully there is a trail that goes back there). Another stop was made at mile 6, then just after the final hill around 6.4 miles, and one more stop right around 7.5 before I pushed on for 8 miles. 
   We (I) ran 8 miles in 1:18:07 with an average pace of 9:46 min/mile, elapsed time was 1:39:18 so 21 minutes of stopping along with the two bathroom breaks. Elevation gain of 170 feet and a loss of 174 feet, that run was tough and I really hope there isn't a whole lot of them.... especially on Sundays. BUT, I got through it and survived, that is all that matters.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:17
Mile 2 - 9:59
Mile 3 - 9:48
Mile 4 - 9:43
Mile 5 - 9:48
Mile 6 - 9:42
Mile 7 - 9:36
Mile 8 - 9:14