Dining out before the long run

Today was a long run.  It was tough because Shane did his long run of 8 miles earlier in the week and wasn’t going to go for 2 1/2 hours with me today. He and I set out for 5 1/2 miles before I dropped him off at home to continue on my way.  That’s the hard part:  dropping him off at home.  As he looked at me through the window, I so wanted to stay home with him and play ball in the back yard.  That couldn’t happen. I had at least 2 plus hours of running ahead of [...]