Getting back to it

There were 4 of us out for the run this morning.  We did a 10/1 ratio and it wasn't as bad or hard as I was expecting it to be.  I was too warm in my capris - it's finally shorts weather - yeah!!

We went for a little more than 55 minutes including the warm up and cool down.

Avg pace was 12:16 which includes all time - running and walking.

Was supposed to do muscle up in the morning but my buddy didn't go and I was too beat to get up and go.

Got all my exercise in the evening running around Lagoon with my teenagers.  We had a blast until I lost my cell phone on Wicked.  The only thing they could find was the battery.

Did the run with Jenny this morning.  It was beautiful out and almost chilly when we started out but hot by the time we were done.

4.5 miles, 50 minutes, 12:57 avg pace (includes all walking time) with a 6/1 ratio.  I like that run/walk ratio.  It was a little off today because Jenny didn't wear the interval watch so we just kind of watched the time on my Garmin and were pretty closeon the intervals.

Did another 2.38 miles on a hike with the young women tonight.  Our hike was actually a walk along the Jordan River Parkway.  It was a beautiful evening and we all had a great time.  I definitely want to do some running down there.

Did a power walk with Jenny this morning.  I really enjoy going out with her - she's young, enthusiastic and positive and keeps me going.

We were out for 55 min.  We went over to Brighton's track so we could calibrate her iPod+Nike sensor.

Today was a long run day (schedule was for 10) - and it was fabulous, the best one yet!

Everything went well (except me forgetting the key to my van which was parked at the end of the run, luckily I remembered right when we were getting ready to start so Leslie and I went back to get it.  Just made us start late and got Jenny home late) and I felt GREAT!  This was the first run where I really felt strong and I came in strong at the end.  I felt like I could have gone longer and Erica and I actually added some mileage at the end.

Stats from today:  11.18 miles / 2:11:34 time / 11.89 avg pace

I ran almost the whole way with Erica and we felt like we kind of taking it easy and kept it at a pace where we could still talk. And then to get the report that we were under 12:00 for almost every mile was so awesome.  It's great to see improvement every week. And I love our group - we all have similar paces but each week we kind of pair up differently and it's so fun.  Since Jenny and Leslie were ahead of us and Jenny had to get back they got in the van and picked us up when we were at 9.71 miles so I convinced Erica to finish once we dropped off Leslie at Smiths.  So we ran a mile from Smiths and then walked more to get home and ended up with our total mileage of 12.  It was so motivating to do so well today.