Kelli was nice enough to join me at the Oval this morning. When I saw what the weather was to be on Wednesday night I proposed this venue for Saturday. After some convincing (looking at the temp herself) Kelli agreed. I tried to go early enough that I could still get back for some of Lauren's swim meet and sleep a LITTLE bit. Well, I found out I can't have my cake and eat it too. Despite running an 8:40 AP for the 15 miles (which isn't too shabby for me) I still missed watching her swim. Stink. Oh well, I guess next time I'll have to sacrifice sleep. It was a crowded day at the oval, but the company was excellent. Kelli, Kim, Christine, Scott, Jake, Andrea, Rob and lots of others were hanging out there. I'm telling ya, it is the party house! The speedy guys (and a bunch of XC teams) were trying to do speed work, but on one corner it was narrowed down to 1.5 lanes due to the skating competition that was going on. Made for a rough go of it. Plus, with so many you never knew if they were passing on the inside or outside. I felt like I was just in the way most of the time. I always appreciated when they'd take the breath to yell "Inside!" Then, I'd move. It is hard to keep track of people that lap you 3X/lap! :) My last couple laps I picked up the pace to push to the finish. The last lap was a 6:30 pace. It was fun to lap THEM and take the inside for once. Of course they were on their recovery laps (still running faster than my AP), but I still got to make them move :) Had a great morning and a busy(ier) afternoon/evening. Now...I'm just looking forward to bed and sleeping in tomorrow!!!
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