I ran 7 miles early in the morning on Sunday. Then, in the afternoon, we went to see real alligators in the wild in Santee National Wildlife Refuge (an we did!). We hiked a 2 mile loop trail in the swamp. There was barely any shadow, mostly in the sun, with the temperature is in the 80s, and I carried Flora (my 2 year old daughter) in the backpack style child carrier for most of the hike. I was OK. My legs are still a bit heavy today, but I don't mind it.

I started to run to cross the marathon off my bucket list, but I'm glad I did, because running keeps me sane in my very stressful everyday life.