Catch me if you can

We met at Michelle's house for our Monday run.  I ended up running with Lisa the whole time.  She is a faster runner than I am, so I may have pushed it a little too much.  Lisa had to leave for work, so we ended the run at 7 miles.   I went home and ran another slow 2.4 miles on my own.   Average pace for the first 7 miles was 8:13.  Average pace overall 8:31.

I met with the group at Bingham this morning.   I ran a 3 mile warm up in 26 minutes.  Way to fast.  Then we ran 6 miles with 1/2 mile repeats at 10k pace with about a 1/2 mile recovery in between.  Then I ran a 1.4 mile cool down with Cheris and Michelle.  Average pace for the 10.4 miles was 8:32.  My legs felt a little tired during the run. 

Easy run by myself.  Average pace 9:26. 

I decided to run less miles and save my energy for the race tomorrow.  I ran 3 miles with 8x100 meter pick ups in the middle.  I ran very slow in between.  Average pace 9:21.

This was a PR by almost 3 minutes at this same race last year.   Several of us from the running group met at 5:45 to help with the registrations.  I was a little worried that we wouldn't get to warm up before the race.  It turned out ok.  I couldn't see Michelle M. or Cheris at the start.  I started out with Lynette and Michelle N.   My mile splits were 7:17, 7:20, 7:26, 7:41, 7:48, 7:21 and 6:41 for the final .20.  It was fun to see so many familiar faces.  Our running group did great.  Peggy took 1st, Lynette took 3rd, and Jessica took 4th place overall.  In my age group, Michelle M. took 1st, I took 2nd and Cheris took 3rd.  (That is if you don't count Peggy and the 2nd place overall female in our age group.) Cheryl, Nancy, Debbie and Michelle N. placed in their age groups as well.  Michelle M. came flying past me in the last mile.  It makes me wonder if I had started out slower could I have finished faster?  My husband Jerry did great and finished in 41 minutes.  It was very windy and hot.   This race is not the easiest so I am very happy with my time.

I ran with Michelle N. and her brother C.J.  We started at my house and went down to the trail.  It was great running weather.  I felt good.  I love that I am able to run up the hills without having to stop.  I still have not figured out how to run faster on the downhills.  I have been following Sasha's advice on how to train to qualify for Boston.  So far so good.   My average pace for this run was 8:47.  That seems to be the pace for most of my easy paced runs.