Getting to know each other

Sunday June 27th was my 2nd long run with the training group.

Again bright and early at 6:15am my alarm sounded and I hit the snooze. Ugh! I was to tired. I had stayed up entirely too late watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. WHY AM I SO ADDICTED?!

Anyway I stumbled out of bed to take my morning pee and ouch!! My right ankle was hurting. I could feel the bones as I took each step. This isnt good I thought. I definitely have to get new shoes! I had also taken a crossfit class on fri so it seemed every muscle in my body was stiff and sore. I can not make it to my marathon training today I thought. I picked up the phone and called my new training buddy from my pace group and left a message saying I will not be there and to let me know what happened. I laid back down to shut my eyes and this overwhelming feeling of guilt came over me. I was not keeping my word to myself. About 10 minutes later I popped out of bed threw on my running gear, scarfed down 2 bananas and jumped into my car! I called Reena again. I left another message. "I'm on my way see you all soon".

I arrived just in time for our pre-run meeting and warm up. I learned the proper way to run is on your toes and mid foot while leaning slightly forward. No heels are involved while running. Did you know that?! Next they gave us the map of our 4 mile run!

We got into our pace groups. Sage is the leader of our group. He delegated that we pace ourselves at 3-1 for this 4 mile run. That means we run for 3 minutes then walk for 1 minute for the whole 4 miles. The trick with these long runs is to truly pace yourself. If you cant have a conversation the whole time you are pushing too hard and your body will tire quickly. So that's what we maintained. Lots of conversations. I really got to know my pace group a whole lot better today.

3 of my group members have done this before so they have lots of great tips and 3 of us are newbies. One of the other girls is a singer as well. She has a band here. Another women is a bit older but man does she have some spunk and she's quite the power walker! We had to follow in her lead although we found shes not scared of cars while running. We have to keep her close. LOL. Oh and guess who didn't show?! yup my friend Reena. (i found out later she wasnt getting enough rest and needed to sleep in)

It was a hard run for me since the oh so lovely cramps were kicking in all morning but I got through it. We finished 4 miles at a 3-1 pace in 48 minutes!!

My favorite part of this day was getting to know my awesome group!! Thanks group!!

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