I run therefore, I am!

Went to the the River Park Trail at 98th at 5:15 to run with Misty, Charity and Danielle.  Danielle hosed me so I ran by myself. I started going north and made it just over a half mile when I came upon a couple skunks. I slowed down thinking they would run off in the brush but the closer I got the more the started posturing to spray me. I stopped when I saw them lift their tails and turned around and ran as I heard them spray. haha  They missed me this time! thank goodness so I went south on the trail till it hit the neighborhood in Parkway Palisades. I went up into the neighborhood and then back to the trail to where I parked. I saw a Pelican close to 104th so. in the Jordan river. It was pretty cool. Dont see that too often! 

I went to Bingham High School to run with the BBK group. We were going to do a speed workout but too many of them are going to run Boston so we ran a nice even paced run.  I went off on my own the last 3 miles of my 10.  It was pretty nice weather out and started to trickle rain a bit. I say bring it. If its not going to stop, bring it! It makes out of state races that much better. 

Went down to Bingham High School to run this morning and Lisa, Rachel, Scott, Kelli ran with me and we did 3.5 miles or so. Then Cheryl, Nancy, and Alan ran the remaining miles with me. I dont feel so good today. I couldnt get my legs to move. I ran a nice comfortable pace the entire time. I ended up going a total of 9 miles.   I wish all those runners going to Boston the best of luck. Have fun, be careful and try to find some sun.

Went to the Legacy Bridge with Danielle and Dan who dropped us off at the start. No stress at all. I didnt see Kelli And Rachel before the race so I concentrated on helping Danielle. The start was extremely slow and we hit a 8:30 mile for the first and then the crowd thinned out enough to get going. We started hitting 7:30's and 7:15s for up to the 4th mile. They changed the course a bit so you miss the big steep hill coming down.  At the turn around I concentrated on finding Kelli and Rachel. They werent ahead of me. After a 1/4 mile I found Kelli behind me. She caught us by mile 6 I believe and was looking great. She had started late and was going off her chip time. At mile 7 Danielle started to fade a bit and I was worried I was being to hard on her. So I told her Id run for 2 miles hard and turn around and come back and get her for the last 3 miles. I did a 5:15 pace for mile 8-9. I caught up to Kelli and she was slowing down a bit. I helped push her pace back up and help her out with her spirits. I saw Rachel behind Danielle when I did a potty break and ran with her a bit and by the time I was at 10 and turned around to come back to Danielle, she had passed her and had  pretty good lead.  I found Danielle and she was exhausted. I tried cheering her up and I really pushed her hard because she slowed down quite a bit. We caught Rachel and passed her but were just ahead of her.  Then came an incline hill that crippled her and she had to walk. After the hill, I pushed Danielle and she brought her last mile and a half to a really good pace. I saw that we wouldnt make a 1:40 so I just kept pushing her. I had her at a 7 minute pace on the last half mile and we cruised into a 1:43 time. Very good weather conditions and good friends and fun!