Tonight was the first meeting of my 'new' running group. I feel a bit guilty because this inherently means that I'm cheating on my 'old' running group; but, the new group is (i) cheaper; (ii) training for a well placed (i.e., the Sunday after Thanksgiving) cross country 15K (I've never run cross country, or a 15K for that matter, and it will get me back in running shape for a longer early spring race if I so choose); and (iii) its co-ed.
Sounds good in theory, right? Well, as previously mentioned, the first run was tonight. Our group is made up of 3 GIRLS and I'm the slowest. Yeah. And tonight's run was just under 5 miles; which is the longest I've run since at least April and maybe the marathon. So, nothing like a nice 4.7 mile jog in heart rate zone 4 (seriously, my average was 176, my max was 186 and my max (MAX, if you see this number, lay down and call 911, MAX) is 198) to try to appear respectable in front of your team mates.
Hmmm. It has potential to get me in shape if nothing else, but, um, unless more people, err, boys, show up, its not exactly what I had thought I'd be giving up my Sunday mornings for.
So, we'll see.
For now, work, work, work and more work. And 4.7 miles, in 48.17 minutes with the aforementioned really high HRs!
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