I met the East High kids down at Liberty Park for a tempo run this afternoon. I figure if I can find enough babysitters to let me get some group runs in, it would really help my fitness and maybe I can help some of them out, too.
I warmed up two miles and the tempo was supposed to be 6 miles at 6:05-6:10 pace. The wind was a little nasty, and made it difficult to keep the pace even. I was kind of all over the place with my run. Our first 3 miles were too fast, and then the wheels started to fall off in the 4th mile. At mile 4 my chest started to pound really hard. I drank a vitamin water before practice, and I think it had some "energy" supplements in it. So, I stopped there to get some breath back. Then, I felt guilty for stopping, so jogged half a mile, and caught Natalie with a mile to go. I paced her through the last mile. So, my workout was 4 miles of tempo and a mile repeat. I have some building to do, and no more vitamin water before workouts.
After the tempo, we met "Cool Carl" who kissed each of the girls' hands, and then gave us a martial arts demonstration. It was creepy. | 