I remembered I was supposed to run with Larry and Wayne this morning, but I guess I missed them again. I went out early to get in a couple of miles before meeting them. I just ran 1/2 mile loops around the block, one corner of which is where we meet. I wasn't sure if I had time to get in the 4th half mile loop, but I looked towards Larry's cul-de-sac and didn't see them coming so I went for it. There's only a 1/4 mile where I couldn't see the meeting corner, but I guess they must have met and left during those couple of minutes because I never saw them. I ran up to 1600 North to see if I could see them, but no luck. As I looped past the elementary school I ran into Tim Hakala who was just starting a run. He's a beginner runner who used to live in our neighborhood, moved away for a while, then moved back but a couple of streets over in a different neighborhood. We've talked a couple of times recently about him joining us for runs. He only wanted to go a couple of miles so I backed off a little and ran a couple of miles with him. It was good catching up on what he's been up to. After I left him I was going to get another couple of miles in, but for some reason I was feeling some chafing this morning so I decided to just head for home. It's supposed to be another nice day. Maybe I'll get in a few miles at noon if work permits. I averaged 9:42/mi for 4.5 miles. I wore my new Garmin 205 for the first time this morning. I know there's a 305, and the 405 is coming out soon, but the 205 meets my needs just fine, and is a step up from my old trusty 201, which is so trusty anymore. At noon, I got another 6.5 miles in (avg. 8:52/mi). My hip was hurting a little this morning so I wasn't sure how far I wanted to go. When I saw Darin and Will on the treadmills in the fitness center, I decided that if I ran on the treadmill I could stop immediately if anything didn't feel right. I was only thinking of going 3 or 4 miles anyway. Will was a little disappointed. He was going to go outside with me if I went. I knew I didn't want to run sub-8:00 today, so I stuck to the treadmill decision. I talked to Will a bit until he finished. I also got to talk to Nathan and Tom for a bit as each of them came in from their runs at different times. The rest of the time was filled with watching "Flightplan", which I'd already seen. Still, I ended up running until it was over and went 6.5 miles instead of the planned 3 or 4. Of course, thankfully, my hip didn't bother me at all and I would have enjoyed running outside in the mild weather. Ah well.
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