In Boulder Co visiting my brother. today I ran with the local running group led by Darren and Colleen DeReuck. They have two groups, Boulder striders, which my brother runs with, and Running Republic, which Nan runs with. Arrived at the park and met Nan for the first time, nice to finally meet her in person. I was going to run with striders, but Nan graciously invited me to run with the republic group so I jumped in as a bandit and no one kicked me out.we ran a warmup, then some stretches, then 5 x 2 minutes, I think it was supposed to be at race pace. I dogged the first four because it was hot and I didn't really feel like running fast, then I ran the last one faster with Nan at maybe a 5:45 pace. It was a fun group. Then we had the motivational pre-race talk from Renee Metivier Baillie who is running in the elite women's race on Monday. Great group of runners. Had a nice time talking with Nan, looking forward to meeting Aaron Monday. Today we're off to picnic and hike with the kids.
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