Progression Run. 11 miles w/ last 20 min. moderate. Average pace: 9:21. Start at 7:36 am, 51°F, 72% humidity, winds calm. Finish at 9:20 am, 69°, 43% humidity, winds calm. Another Saturday morning with the group on the Highline Canal Trail. We had one new person today, my good friend Donna, who is one of my favorite people in the whole world. With Michelle and Michelle and Carly and Nicole, who are the regulars, we were up to 6 people today. We started out like we usually do and after about a mile we realized that we had lost Donna. We turned around and could see her a ways back. So we ran back to her and then slowed to her pace and stayed with her. She told us we could go on ahead, but the point of coming to the group is being able to run with someone, so we stuck with her. We turned around after 2 miles and went back to the start, at which point Carly and Nicole and Donna all stopped. I continued on with the Michelles for 2 more miles. We kept the same pace that we had been going with Donna. Michelle 1 was struggling with allergies/asthma and had forgot her inhaler. At the turn around, she decided to walk, so the other Michelle stayed with her and I went on ahead because I needed to get finished and home in time to take my son to work. I was on my own for the rest of the run. Splits were 9:34 (then oops, we lost Donna), 10:13, 10:16, 9:59 (now we're down to 3 people), 10:00, 9:59 (now I'm on my own), 9:21, 9:14, 9:11 (for 1/2 mile), then 20 minutes (2.54 miles) @ 7:53 pace. There were a lot of people from Team in Training on the trail today. There are always some, but there seemed to be more than usual today. I'm going to attempt to make some whole wheat pancakes today. I suspect I'm the only one in my family who will eat them. I better not make too many. My husband would eat them if he was home, but he's at work.
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