Yes, Jill and I met at 4:30 to run our 2:30 long run. A little sticky today, but it went fairly well. Kristy and Elyse kindly waited for at at 5:00. Then they dumped us (just kidding) and Christy and Judy came with.
OMG - I almost forgot the best thing - GARAGE SALES! Yes, Friday mornings is garage sale day and today it paid off to be our running at 6:30! From over a block away I saw the old fashion aluminum web lawn chairs. I have been looking for them for my mom! Later I realized that it was a bit early for them to be open - but they were just standing around and looking open - so it didn't even dawn on me. Or maybe I conveniently forgot about the time of day - either way SCORE! I think now on Friday's we will do interval runs to each garage sale and rest time will be when we are looking at what's for sale. However, we will have to get them to open up their garages before the usual 8:00. Not a problem.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Getting Foggier
A group of 6 today! I another nice cool run, but I am pretty sure it got foggier as we ran - must of been all that heavy breathing we were doing. As I have said before, the intervals seem to be paying off. I was able to do a 8:39 pace run today. Yes, I was pushing it, but it wasn't too bad considering our pace normally is between 9:00-9:15. Thanks to Katie for running the last half with me!
The only problem with running faster than the group is that Mike has plenty of opportunity to tell stories about me. Believe me - they are all untrue! I will have to plan those faster runs for when he isn't running!
The only problem with running faster than the group is that Mike has plenty of opportunity to tell stories about me. Believe me - they are all untrue! I will have to plan those faster runs for when he isn't running!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Lessons learned about fellow runners
Hmmm... not sure what to put as a title to this post. There are too many options, I guess I will see what hits me when I finish.
Quite the group this morning! EIGHT!!! Walgreens is going to think it has to open earlier because of all the cars in the parking lot. Or people are going to think they are missing some HUGE back to school sale. You would think that the Sparta Newspaper would have noticed this phenomenon and had a feature article on us! Oh, Wait, it is the Sparta Newspaper.
A nice interval run this morning, well nice might not be the word of choice, but we did do it faster than we ever have before! (Ah! the joys of having a Garmin!) Our shirts for Chicago will have to refer to speed in some way. Which reminds me... has anyone come up with what we should put on our Chicago shirts?
Saw Mike running all by himself on Friday afternoon. It made my heart sink. Not because he was running alone, but it was evident that he has not learned anything from us - running related that is. We know he has learned a lot about women! It was 90+ degrees, sunny and humid and here he was running with a BLACK baseball cap (the regular kind - no technical fabric in sight) and a COTTON t-shirt. Since he didn't have any water with him, he must have been using the cotton shirt as a sponge that he could wring out for water as needed. Yeah, that must be it. We know how much he hates spending money on the essential running stuff - like water bottles.
Lastly, Jill - our lovely Kwik Trip gal. I had the joy of experiencing a whole day at Noah's Ark with her. Yes, I do mean joy. She likes to pretend she is a timid girl, but let me tell you... all she needs is a little, make that tiny push and she is up for anything. She was making a great show of never going down the "Point of No Return" but given how quickly she launched herself down the ride I think she really had done it before. You know Jill, she just likes getting all the attention.
Okay, that is it - still not sure of the title...
Quite the group this morning! EIGHT!!! Walgreens is going to think it has to open earlier because of all the cars in the parking lot. Or people are going to think they are missing some HUGE back to school sale. You would think that the Sparta Newspaper would have noticed this phenomenon and had a feature article on us! Oh, Wait, it is the Sparta Newspaper.
A nice interval run this morning, well nice might not be the word of choice, but we did do it faster than we ever have before! (Ah! the joys of having a Garmin!) Our shirts for Chicago will have to refer to speed in some way. Which reminds me... has anyone come up with what we should put on our Chicago shirts?
Saw Mike running all by himself on Friday afternoon. It made my heart sink. Not because he was running alone, but it was evident that he has not learned anything from us - running related that is. We know he has learned a lot about women! It was 90+ degrees, sunny and humid and here he was running with a BLACK baseball cap (the regular kind - no technical fabric in sight) and a COTTON t-shirt. Since he didn't have any water with him, he must have been using the cotton shirt as a sponge that he could wring out for water as needed. Yeah, that must be it. We know how much he hates spending money on the essential running stuff - like water bottles.
Lastly, Jill - our lovely Kwik Trip gal. I had the joy of experiencing a whole day at Noah's Ark with her. Yes, I do mean joy. She likes to pretend she is a timid girl, but let me tell you... all she needs is a little, make that tiny push and she is up for anything. She was making a great show of never going down the "Point of No Return" but given how quickly she launched herself down the ride I think she really had done it before. You know Jill, she just likes getting all the attention.
Okay, that is it - still not sure of the title...
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