The Long Run

Did Jenny's boot camp which had a test including 3 laps and some other stuff, about 45 minutes altogether for the entire class.  It started a little bit late while we waited for the rain to pass, which it did fortunately.

 I didn't realize I was going that fast during the running test because I started off not too fast, but just kept picking it up each lap.  The running portion turned out to be a little bit under a 6:00 pace.

Ran with Lisa in the neighborhood, Jenny had an early appointment so didn't run with us today.  Felt pretty good on the run, but the darn right leg bothering me just won't go away completely.  Lisa did a great job keeping up, she always says she's not very fast but has no problem going faster.

Average pace: 8:30

Went to Jenny's boot camp again.  Biked there, so I was already warmed up once I was there.  Class was good and I did an extra lap to not be totally lame with the running, every little bit helps!

The running portion was at a 7:18 pace.  I wore my Garmin there to see how close the lap was to a quarter of a mile - it was pretty much dead on at least as far as the Garmin was concerned, especially if I run more in the middle and don't cut the corners.

I'm going to try something different today - actually blog my run shortly after it happened rather than a day or two.

But, not much to report.  I ran by myself this morning.  Jenny was sore from a Tae Kwon Do class and Lisa was also not running (which Jenny did mention to me but I didn't hear as it was still early).  It was warm and humid and smelled smokey.  But, pretty good run overall, but my right leg is being annoying.  I've been trying to balance between "active recovery" and taking enough time off to let things get better.

Average pace: 8:15

RAP River Run 5K.

28:36 for the 5K plus a little warm up first. Ran with the boys. They wanted to take it easy, so we did although they complained a bit until the last mile when I told them they never had to do another 5K again, then they stopped complaining and picked it up the rest of the way back. I stayed with Thomas while Andy pulled ahead to come in at 27:49.

Jenny was waffling between racing and running it easy.  During the warm up she was thinking that she wasn't ready to race.  She started out ahead of us and soon ran into Elizabeth, her friend and training client, and she knew right away that she was meant to run with her.  They stuck together the whole way, and Elizabeth ended up smashing her PR by over 1 minute.