As is often the case, it started out begin another solo Monday morning run. I hadn't gone far before I heard footsteps. I thought it might be Kevin but when I turned to look I was surprised to see Lyle catching up to me. We ended up running the Lindon Loop together. Lyle is a beginning runner in our neighborhood, in his 50's I believe, who we've run with for short stretches a few times, but this was my first extended run with him. In fact, this was his first time running the entire Lindon Loop. He ran part of it with us a week or two ago but cut it off short. Lyle is running really well this year. He was training for St. George last year but ended up with an ankle injury and then a pulled groin that prevented him from running. This morning he told me he decided he needed to carry less weight. He and his wife started eating better and he's lost 30 pounds since January. We saw him Saturday up Provo Canyon on his first ever 14 mile run and he was looking strong. We ran just under a 9:30 pace for six miles this morning and he had enough energy left to kick hard at the end. I told him if he wasn't careful he was going to become a real runner. I enjoyed running with him this morning.
I'm stuck in training Mon thru Wed this week so I'm not going to be able to get in my noon runs. Bummer! | 