A nice 6:00 run with Elyse and Jenny (Yes, I am rubbing it in!) We decided that we need a nickname for Kristi B. Referring to our fellow runners as new Kristi and old Christy probably isn't politically correct or at least doesn't make for cheerful running partners. And Kristi with a K or Christy with a C is too long to say as we are huffing and puffing a way. I am sure this is one that Mike will get right on. We all know how inept Tom is at coming up with nicknames, so we can't give this one to him. Plus, it is quite apparent he is a "user". He just uses us when he needs companionship on long runs, otherwise we aren't good enough for him. His pink Ipod is more important than our cheerful conversation or maybe he just got tired of hearing groans instead of laughs after one of his many jokes. Tom - I don't think new Kristi has heard the grape joke yet.

Good luck at the Stampede or the Butterfest Tent!

Speed Work

Just Kristi and I this morning at 6 am. Jenny sent me an e-mail with excuses, but I think we will need to run by the golf course sprinklers some time soon anyway. If I remember Mike's rule correctly, it doesn't matter if you have an excuse or not.

So, since I had Kristi to myself and she is too new to complain (we still have her believing that she is LUCKY to run with us - hah!) we did speed work. We warmed up by running out BC and then to the track where we did 1 lap at fast pace (under 2 minutes) and 1/2 lap walk repeated 5 times. It was painful, but went a lot faster with someone sharing the pain with me. Thank you Kristi!

We got a lot of laughs out of the cheerleader who was NOT happy that she had to "run" laps. At the end she was being made to finish the required number of laps. I commented to her fellow cheerleader that was the acting task master that she was pulling my 9 year old's trick of walking as slow as possible. In a 9 year old's mind this is a way of punishing YOU. I told the task master that she she tell her friend that she tell her I said she is acting like my 9 year old. She found that pretty funny. Sadly, this teaches me that I will still be dealing with these tactics when my 9 year old is 16.

A small group, but a new runner! Another cousin was added to the cousins. Christy's cousin, Allie, came. I am afraid us old ladies may have scared her off - with our pace not our early morning, no make-up GOOD looks!. Hopefully she will return!

We added on to the "New Route" to make sure the New Yorker will continue to run with us. I was thinking this morning... "When is the new route no longer called the "new route'?" I suppose when I come up with another one, although in a small town this becomes more and more difficult to do.

I just found a new web page with everything running. Well, not everything running, but it is a quick place to see blogs on running: http://running.alltop.com/