Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't

This morning was perfect for running! The rain held off till I was done with my run and my "Iwanna" run. 

Tom and I started at about 5:20 and did our regular route.  It was very dark out this morning!  At 4 miles Tom went one way and I went another so he could get ten in and I could meet up with my group. 

I had 6 1/2 miles in before meeting up with the ladies.  There were 10 ladies there this morning.  Two of them ended up walking but the other 8 are keeping to the schedule and hanging in there.  This Friday they will have their first long run....20 minutes running with no walking.  They are nervous but excited. 

Running back home after the workout with them gave me seven miles.  Everything felt really good today. Nice to feel that way after a week of vacation!

It's good I have a persistent hubby or I may have stayed in bed this morning.  And that would have been bad because I don't have any other time today to get a run in.  So even though I was grumpy about it, I'm glad I got out in the rain and ran.  Luckily the rain only stayed with us for a mile or two.

Coach Tom helped me out with some speed work on the track this morning.  Nice to run into our buddy, Stephen, down there doing some good speed work of his own.

The plan for today was 5-6 x 800 @ 3:30 - 3:45 with 1/4 mile rest of about 3 - 4 minutes.

Here's the run down:

3:38, 3:37, 3:31, 3:30, 3:29, 3:28. All the rests were in the 3:00-3:30 range except for the first one which was 2:5 ish.

After we were done there Tom went to add 4 more miles while I went to put my Coach Kimi hat on to help my Iwannarunna5k ladies.  They are doing so good!  Many of them have never ran at all and today they ran 8 minutes at a time twice!  It's fun to see their improvements!  We are half way through their 9 week training.  I still have about 10 - 12 consistent girls here in town following the program and four others outside the area. 

I am more excited today about my "Iwannarunners" first 20 minute run than I am for my own regular ole 6 miler! My run was nice too, Tom and I enjoyed the dark morning, but my ladies ran 20 minutes straight! Most of them started this program 5 weeks ago without ever running more than a few yards! I am just thrilled with their progress! A couple are starting to ask me if I am going to help them get to a 10K after this 5K training. I have also had many ladies ask me if I am going to start another 5K training when I am done with this one so they can start up. Maybe I should start charging.....hmmmm.... :)

Weeks go by so quickly! I can't believe it is long run day again already! Tom and I met up with a large, fun Spanish Fork crowd. A bit nippy at first but a very nice morning for a run! We get very few perfect days for runs so I will put this one in that category.

Around the 8 mile mark Tom went one direction with the speedier guys while I went on the trail with the rest of the gang. Some people left here and there but 4 of us went back down to Bishop's storehouse which meant we had the last mile and a half up hill all the way.

Not a bad run at all, especially after crawling into bed at 1:30 and out of bed at 5:30. Hopefully a nap will be in the schedule sometime today.