C Mantz Run

Today I went to Sky View to run with the girls.  We're planning on doing a meet this weekend and we wanted to get a long run in.  For them it was a long run, but for me it seemed more like an easy run.  We went at a really slow pace.  It was the temperatures it's been all week (about 25 degrees), so I wore shorts and a long sleeved shirt.  We had a blast just chatting.  A couple times we stopped because we had no idea what exact course we were doing. We ended up doing 5.94 when we got back to the school so we jogged in circles to get a full 6.  It took us about 53 minutes so a little faster than nine minute pace.  It was a ton of fun running with people again.

I went to Sky View to run with the girls again.  We decided to run 3 tempo miles after a quarter mile warm up.  We stalled a little before we began running.  We were going to go for 6:50 miles because they hadn't done a tempo in a while, and in the cold.  We started out almost sprinting and I was a few feet behind.  Our first mile was 6:39 which was my tempo pace.  We slowed it down.  Riley and I were being a little competative and went ahead of Katelyn and Amber.  When we turned around they caught up with us.  I felt as if I had a ton of energy and was talking a lot. I asked if they wanted to take a quick break at mile 2 because they were falling behind and this was their first tempo outside. We decided to and our mile was 7:14. After a minute and a half recovery we continued. This mile we stuck together. It was 6:18. I guess we didn't need a break.  We began cooling down after that. We ran about 3/4 of a mile.  I was super happy to run a tempo with somebody, it pushed me more and felt good.

I wasn't able to go to Sky View, but I did jog a premeet with Ruby, my dog. She was super excited because I haven't taken her on a "walk" in forever.  We went super slow, but it was a ton of fun. My times were 1) 9:32 and 2) 9:15. Then I did 6 striders.  Because I was wearing tights my form was a little restricted. It was a ton of fun.