HAPPY JULY 4th EVERYONE! I was a little bit tired this morning, 5:05 came pretty quickly. Jenny got home at about 2:20 from her midnight run 10K. She did well, placing 2nd in her age group but was a little disappointed with her time, but not too bad due to the heat and how dark it was during one of the sections. I was able to get back to sleep after talking to her for a bit about the race. It was fun to hear about the race even though I knew that I'd have to get up soon, but I figured I could sneak in a nap later in the day.
I went to Starkey Park this morning to meet up with the group, which I knew would be smaller than usual today because some people have gone out of town, some people raced the midnight race 10k/5k last night and others were going to run a 5K this morning, but we still had a pretty good sized group. I got there a little bit late because I had to go back and get my Garmin which I forgot. I thought about running with no garmin, but didn't even have a watch with me. I showed up just before 6:00. Keith, Jorge, Victoria, Jenny, and Laura were all set to get started. I was almost ready but was waiting for my Garmin to get its signal. The others had just left when one more car pulled in. I thought it was Dixie at first as he was a definite maybe for showing up this morning. But, instead, it was Andrea. So, Andrea and I set out together to try and catch up to the group, which we did just past 3 miles. It was a little bit faster than my usual starting out pace. We all stopped briefly at the 4 mile water stop, then continued on. Jenny and Keith turned back at 5 miles, and then Victoria and Jorge turned back at 6 miles. Andrea was up for whatever, so she continued with me to the 7 mile point. At the turn around we were at a 7:56 pace. We picked it up a little bit for the return trip. The sun was coming up at this point, temp was nearly 80 degrees with 95% humidity but at least there were some clouds, and a good portion of the trail has some shade, so it certainly wasn't the worst conditions ever.
We made it back to the parking lot and ended up with an average pace of 7:47. Andrea said this was her longest run ever. There were about a dozen or so of us for social hour. Someone (probably Barb) had brought some colorful 4th of July mylar balloons. I chugged a bunch of gatorade, had one of Victoria's home made apple oatmeal muffins and some of Jorge's authentic Columbian coffee. I'm pretty happy with my miles for the week and the fact that I ran 6 days and do not feel beaten up at all.
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