Woohoo! A good night's sleep! 1 mile with Samuel in 10:09. I made a deal with him today - when he can run a 10 minute mile without holding my hand at all, I will take him to the dollar store to pick out a toy. 0.65 miles with Joey at about 10:50 pace. I made the same deal with Joey - but his was for running his 0.65 mile loop at 11:00 pace. Needless to say, both of them are very motivated right now. I am already seeing the benefits of helping both of them to run faster - the other day, it was really blustery out, and I made some comment to Sam whilst running with him, and he said "I don't care! I'm tough enough!" I thought to myself, wow, this is really helping him! BTW, these miles were done in my "pool shoes". I ordered a pair of Saucony Progrid Guides yesterday, and until they arrive, I am only running on either the pool shoes or my Tangents. Bye bye, Adrenalines.
Another 3.55 miles, 2.25 of which were with Sparky. 8:21 average pace. Felt good, no pain in the knee. |