The group met at a church out by Daybreak. I like running in Daybreak because the neighborhoods are pretty plus there are hills to be found. Got there at 5:30, ran up by the new temple, that was very nice. Then the main workout. We were running along 40th West and it was kind of dark and along came two bicyclists who apparently didn't see us in time and they seemed to run into each other. No one hit the ground or anything, they seemed fine but a little startled to see a group running along there. Then John all of a sudden pulled up lame. I thought he was joking at first, but apparently he stepped on a good sized rock and sprained his ankle. Lisa was nice enough to say she would run back to her car and pick him up and take him home if necessary. By then I was getting a little worried wondering what was going to happen next. My plan was to run the big hill by the temple a few times. Then we saw bicyclists coming down the hill fast, so I was afraid something might happen there. We went ahead and ran the hill up and down and over and back twice (probably should have done it one more time). No mishaps there. Then to 104th So., and we ran up there west into Daybreak and back down, about 2 miles. My pace on that was 8:02. I was happy about that because I was trying to keep things at marathon effort. I kept thinking "pretend it's mile 6 of the marathon and you have 20 to go. Could you maintain this pace?" I kept thinking I felt I could (maybe I'm fooling myself, who knows?). If I could maintain about an 8 minute pace for the marathon, I would be around 3:30, which I would be very happy about. We did have a mishap on this run--on the turn around, Julie hit the sign, then I think as she was turning around, she fell. She had a nice scrape on her hand. Hope she and John are both ok. I was just happy to get back to the church and no longer to be responsible for any more mishaps. I enjoyed the run, I felt strong and comfortable--upper body was pretty relaxed. Since I've worked on relaxing more, I've enjoyed running much more. PM--3.5 miles on the treadmill. |