I was fluctuating between whether to run at Starkey park (possibly alone) or at John Chestnut park where there might be other runners I knew. I opted for John Chestnut. I got there a little past 7:00. I saw Bob who had already run 15 miles. He was going to do 5 more around the park and then head home. I said I'd go along with him. Also, there were two others from the group who said they'd go along, Cameron and Jacklyn. So, we went on a nice out and back 5 mile run. At this point I thought we would get going again quickly to get to Bob's house, then I would continue on for some more miles. Bob is one of the nicest guys and likes to chat and socialize, but we probably stopped a lot longer than we should have - about 10 minutes or so. We got going again but about 1.5 away from the park Bob started to cramp up. So we slowed the pace down and made it the best we could. Bob split off at his street and I kept going. I picked up the pace without looking at what pace I was doing until the mile beeped on the garmin. The first mile went by at 7:20 and I figured I'd keep it around there. It was a nice morning out with a pleasant 65 degrees temp and some cloud cover. As I left the Lansbrook neighborhood to head back along the East lake bike trail the wind hit me a little bit but it wasn't too bad. I figured I'd do a mini MP tempo run with splits of: 7:20, 7:27, 7:18, 7:16, 7:04, 0.70@6:49 I made it back to the park, walked around a bit and stretched then got going. I was a little bit later in finishing than I wanted to but it was good to do most of the run with some other people. Average pace: 8:39 Since I was a little bit later, I did not make it home in time for a still hot breakfast, but there were some left over delicious home made waffles that Jennny had made.
I was feeling pretty good because now I feel like I have a goal. I signed up for the San Diego marathon in June. I can't wait to go. I'll get to see my brother and his family. Jenny and the kids won't be able to make it out for the marathon due to school but they'll come out later in the week and hopefully we'll get a chance to also go to Lego Land!
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