Catch me if you can

About 8 of us met this morning at Peggy's house.  We ran a big loop down to the trail and back.  I ran with Cheryl, Peggy, Cheris and Michelle M.  It was a good run.  It was a little cooler this morning.  Average pace 9:00.

Met the group at Riverton High School. We ran a 2.4 mile warm up. Then we ran a 1200, 800, and 400 with a 400 recovery after each. Then we ran the 2.4 mile route again, this time at 1/2 marathon pace. Which today was a 7:35 pace. It felt really good. My sister Angela came today. Back at the track, I ran 1 more mile. I thought I had to rush home to get my daughter back to the high school for registration. Turns out she went with a friend. Which is nice because it gives me a chance to blog before I head off to work.

Recovery run by myself.  Very easy pace.  It felt sooo good.  I ran so slow the first 7 miles.  I had to really pick it up for the final 2 to make it back in time.  Average pace 9:44.

I met the group at the SJ soccer fields for our 3 5k's workout.  The first one was kind of a fast warm up with Michelle N.  Average pace 8:17.  The second I ran mostly with Walter at nearly my recent 5k pace.  Which was probably his easy easy pace.  Average pace 7:35.  For the last one I ran with Michelle until I took a pit stop.  So I ran the last 2 miles by myself.  Then a few of us ran one more mile to cool down.  Average for the last 4 miles 8:32.  It was fun to have lots of new runners join us today. 

I ran 7 miles this morning with Cheris.  The pace was comfortable, but for some reason I felt like I was breathing kind of hard most of the run.  Sorry Cheris you had to listen to me breath.  I enjoyed the run.  So much better than running by myself.  Average pace 9:17.

We had a great run today.  Michelle and I met Angela again at the Albertsons in Draper.  We ran up 12300 S. and then to Wasatch Blvd.  Angela only wanted to run 14, so we turned around at 7miles and went back.  Then Michelle and I got on the Porter Rockwell trail.  We went out 3 miles and back.  Miles 14-17 felt hard.  When we turned around at mile 17 I felt so much better.  I think it is a mental thing for me.  We pushed ourselves hard at the end. The last mile was 7:45.  We finished in 2:46.  Average pace 8:20.  That was my fastest 20 miles ever.  I came home and took an ice bath for 20 minutes.  I feel really good.   I know we could've gone another 6 miles if we had to.