Today was the first sub 80 degree morning in FOREVER....not really forever, but at least a couple of months. 75 is a beautiful temperature to run in compared to what we have been dealing. I went to run with the FWRCO group today.....I hate being the new girl, but the good news, after today, I am no longer the new girl. I knew there were pace groups and saw the first group take off and then I started hearing about the 9:30 group, 10:00 group and I asked some girls were the 8:30 group was and they said they just left. I ran to catch up with them and after a couple of miles found out they were the 8:00 min group that some speed up from and some drop back ( not really, I found out ). I debated what to - drop back and follow my plan, hang in and see what I can do. I chose the latter and worried about hanging in most the time but I was right about 8's until the last two miles. The group does pick up though in the second half. I am extremely pleased with this run. I have struggled with pace and what I can do vs what I will do for a very long time and have been very fearful of pushing the pace beyond what I think I can do. Today was a very good challenge and something I can build off of going forward. Splits: 8:43, 8:24, 7:53, 8:02, 8:01, 8:06, 7:56, 7:53, 7:58, 8:04, 8:09, 8:15, 8:18 Avg Pace 8:08 Met Lindsay from the blog and was great to chat with her for a few minutes at the afterwards. I have missed the comraderie that comes with running groups and this group will help fill that void in many ways. My first 40+ mileage week since March 2010 when I was still running with the BBKs. Nice to be back in this range, I used to love 40's.
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