Today was an interesting running day. I first got on my treadmill around 6:30 and ran a warm-up with some fast sprints intermixed. That was about 2 miles. Then I went to run a 5K that a young man working on his Eagle project was sponsoring. It was down on the Jordan Parkway trail by 106th So. My time was 24:39, not a great time, in fact my slowest 5k in a long time, but I was happy with it because when I went in I thought anything in the 24's and I'd be happy. The last few times we've done practice 5ks I've been in the 26 minute range. At the turn-around I was about 13 minutes, so I thought the best I'd do would be in the 25's. I guess I picked it up the 2nd half to finish where I did. Then I ran another 6 miles, slowly, with Debbie, Peggy (who won the women's portion of the 5k) and Alan. Almost hit 50 miles this week, not quite, but I was happy with the week because I put in a lot more miles than I think I ever have before and it really wasn't that hard. Running slowly and with the group makes a difference. |