Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

Met Paula and Renee for our run today.  We completed 4 and dropped off Renee and then Paula and I added on a couple more.  Not too bad when you were on pavement, but on the unplowed roads it was a little scary.  Nice early morning run.

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Met Peggy, Mike and Julie for the "extra mileage" part of our work out and then the rest of the group came at 5:45.  We had a good pace run and lots of fun talking about our Boston plans.  Cheryl suggested we do some hill repeats and I was so not in the mood but SO glad she had suggested them when they were done.    I did not time the repeats and I know that I slowed done by the third but they were a good workout.    I forgot to start my watch again after the "extra mileage" so I do not have an ave pace, but I would think somewhere around 8:30 - 8:45

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Ran with Paula this morning and ended up having a good recovery run.  I was very tired so we took it easy but had a good time.

Ave Pace 9:15

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Met my fellow BBK group at the JRP trail this morning.  I have been somewhat frustrated lately because my pace has slowed down and the effort is still the same.  Tuesday's run was a prime example.   When I got there and felt the wind I was sure that today would be no different.  Somewhere in the low 9's and a hard effort.  I was pleasantly surprised.  I felt great today and the hill that I normally hate even wasn't too bad.  We finished 8 as a group and then I stayed with Mike, Peggy and Jamison to add on a little more.  I ran 1 more mile out with them and then turned around and headed back on my own.  I dropped the pace and started feeling good and decided to push the last mile.  Mile 10 was 7:38 - Wahoo!  My ave pace for the run was 8:38 - finally back where I would like it to be.  What a great way to start 2009.

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Cheris and I were going to meet to run 13 today, but with the snow we decided to play it safe and stay indoors.  I met Eric and Alan at the oval for some mental training.  The first 9 flew by and then they left and I was on my own for some more.  I picked up the pace for the next 3.  It was pretty empty in the beginning but was packed by the end.  The US Speedskating team was warming up and Apollo Anton Ohno was there as well.  Kind of cool to be running on the same track as an Olympic Gold Medalist.

Ave Pace 9:00

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