Group Runs
Nothing like a group run to get you out of bed at 5:00am...I know that if I tell someone I will be at a group run I have no choice but to show up. Its a great motivator when all you feel like doing is rolling over and going back to sleep. This is one of the reasons Boot Camp is so good for me. I know that if I miss a day someone from the group is going to email me and razz me about not showing up. But its even worse when you don't show for a group run with only a few runners.
This morning I woke up for my group run and almost went back to bed (I was not feeling that great). I had told a friend (Michael) about the run and was not sure if he would show up or not. I also figured there would be at least ten other runners there so if he did show up it would not be that big of a deal. That thought only lasted about two seconds...
I got up and drove downtown. The weather this morning was pretty strange, it was warm and the wind was crazy. When I got to the gym there were only three other people running (including Michael). How bad would I have felt if I had slept in today.
We ran five miles, our first mile was a slow warm up (11:51). Then we picked it up for three miles (8:02, 8:25, 8:21). The first tempo mile was ok, but the last two we were running against the wind coming in from the Charleston harbor. We finished with a cool down mile (10:19).
I ended up running with Michael the whole five miles and had a great time. I think I even talked him into running the Palmetto200.
My other runs this week were on Monday and Tuesday:
Monday - six mile recovery run (10:16, 10:04, 10:02, 9:43, 9:26, 9:15).
Tuesday - six mile steady run (9:36, 8:31, 8:39, 8:38, 9:02, 8:42).
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