Somehow I convinced my friend MK that running repeats at lower bell res would be a good idea. Until this point I hadn't been able to con persuade anyone to join me. She knew her hubby with his residency work schedule (80+ hours a week) would also want to squeeze a run in, so they ended up bringing their kids to the TH and took turns running repeats with me.
KK did two repeats with me. Although they claim he's out of shape, he's a mountaineer, which showed on his ascending abilities. I couldn't keep up with him... just like my husband, doesn't matter how long it's been since he's run, something about mountaineering sticks to him and he can climb fast. I had fun taking off on the downs to see if he'd follow. When it was MK's turn, I pushed her on the downs, trying to see how fast I could get her to go. She ended up only about 10sec slower than my full-blown pace! Awesome! She's excited to see how much she can shave off that in the future... Ah, fun.
I stupidly ate a kale/flax/almond smoothie on the drive to the TH. Spent the whole time wanting to barf. Kale and flax are NO GOOD as pre-run food, especially when pushing on repeats.
Ended up going to the lake 7 times.
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