you get out of it what you put into it

Great start to the week!

Had 5k training group tonight.  They ran 3 slow miles.  Their first 5k is October 16th... soon!  I'm excited for them.

Before the group, I ran with my buddy, Eric.  It was a slllloooooooowwwww recovery jog for him and the best run of my life for me!  I ran 4 miles at a sub-10 pace; 9:59 to be exact.  I didn't have a goal in mind before we started... just to get in some miles.  We had a killer headwind for most of the run and it was rolling hills.  Temperatures and weather were PERFECT.  Great run!  I was so excited to hold a sub-10 pace for that long.  I've never done that before and was quite happy.  The best part... it seemed easy.  Eric and I chatted the whole time and that 40 minutes flew by.

Have a good week everyone!

Last training group run.  The 5k they have been training for is this Saturday.  Wahoo!  I am excited to see how they do.  We just did a 2-mile "fun run" last night.  Easy peasy.  Around a 10:30 pace.

The real "fun run" was beforehand.  I told Eric I wanted to do an easy 4.  So he sends me a mapmyrun link at work titled "Columbus Day FUN Run," which consists of hills and hills and more hills and big hills and little hills and up up up up up.  I was dying.  But, I know it is good for me. 

90* in North Alabama when I ran at 6pm yesterday.  Isn't that crazy?

Have a good week everyone!

Oh yea... I bumped into the infamous Nevels at Starbucks this weekend.  Guess what a large portion of our conversation was... you crazy bloggers!  We need y'all to come to Alabama....

Ran a local race.  Nothing special.  I have been sick with sinus issues and probably shouldn't have done this.  I definitely had trouble breathing.  It's a tough, hilly course, but I enjoyed it.  Started with my friends, but over the miles we split up a bit.  Official time - 30:48.  It is a sub 10mm pace, which is really all I wanted.