I had 8 miles, but I wanted to support Janet, so I ran as far as she wanted to go. I am very thrilled that Janet ran 1.5 miles with me at a 12 min/mile pace. I dropped her off at the entrance to her neighborhood and kept running.
Janet ran back to her house which makes her run a little over 2 miles. Yay!
My run was good. I had a hard time picking up the pace, so I stopped at mile 2 (for me), took a sip of water and started running again. It was strange how stopping allowed me to run faster. Pretty soon I was running between 8:30 miles and 9:15 miles. It felt good. It was overcast (when the sun came up) with a slight breeze but it was humid. I thought I would run to her church since the roads in High Point, NC do not have shoulders... but atlas, when I ended up at I-40, I had gone too far. I ran into the gas station on the exit and rinsed off a little, tinkled, and called Janet to let her know that I would be running more than 8 since my Garmin said 5.6 miles and I had to run back.
I also think it is pretty amazing how running back on an out and back run seems so much faster. I guess everything looks familiar and seems a little easier. I was really running fast and for the most part, the cars would get over generously for me. A couple of times I had to run in really high weeds, but I would rather do that than be hit by a car.
I made it back to Janet's house with 9.8 miles on my Garmin... and total time was: 1:33:01
Here we are after we finished (Janet snapped the pic of herself after her 2 miler and then of me)
It was fun running with Janet. I love encouraging her. Now, if she just decides to stop being a baby making machine, she will be beating me in NO time!
7 comments:
I love that you called her a baby making machine. too funny!
It will be awesome for you two to get to run together in the future!
It's nice you were able to run together. :-)
It's just the opposite for me on an out-and-back. The out seems to go much faster than the back!
My out and back is always faster on the way back, go figure!
Nice that Janet got out with you. 2 miles and a 2 month old - get her an 'att girl from me!
Nice run yourself miss skinny! 9+ miles! woo hoo
wow, you are doing so awesome! which training plan are you following?
I love your dedication! Very cool that you get to run with your sis too :)
I bet it was fun running with your twin. I don't think I could make myself run in tall weeds.
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