Today the group met at Julie's house. It was raining a little when I left my house at 5:30. I was tempted to just drive to the Rec Center and do a workout there, but I knew I wouldn't get as good of a workout as I get with the group, nor would it be nearly as much fun, so I drove on and met the group. I made the right decision, the weather was very nice, if it was raining at all, it wasn't very much. After the warm-up, I ran in shorts and a t-shirt and was very comfortable. We ran three miles for the main workout. Cheris said she was going to take the first mile fast, the second slower, the third fast, so I decided to do that. My times were: 7:32, 8:09, and 7:20 for the three miles. I was pretty happy with those times, because I haven't really done any big time running for a couple of months, so to have two miles in the 7 minute range I thought was pretty good. Now if I could just get my times closer to 7 minutes flat, I would be quite happy because that would show real progress. It was fun, I felt pretty good, felt like my form was good, the relaxation part is going better, plus the working on the extension feeling more like gliding felt pretty good today, after the warm-up. Things are always very tight at first, then I loosen up as we go along. |