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Rainy Saturday

March 24, 2012 11:59 am1 Comment

Today I woke up with a sore throat and a slight cough. It wasn’t really bad so I decided a run in the rain was the perfect way to make my virus flex it’s muscles. Oh were did my sunshine go? I headed over to South Park to meet Team Odyssey.

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There were four of us girls, perfect for some good conversation. I wasn’t really thinking of going far since I have other things that I need to do today and my long run is going to be tomorrow. We started out on the golf course loop which is some where around 6 miles and then did the highmark loop that gave me two more. A couple of the ladies were there earlier and had already go some running in. I was only planning six, but was having a good time chatting.

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I ended up with some where around 8, our runkeeper applications where in disagreement.

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I ran a bit with the fast girl. In between my nine minute miles is a 7:56. I got a little speed work done today on accident. Probably not a great idea in hindsight since I have a long run tomorrow, but I feel really good right now.

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Running with a group

March 3, 2012 1:21 pmLeave a Comment

I was nervous today about running because I still wasn’t sure what my knee was going to do, but I headed to Mingo Creek County park this morning anyway. A great group of people from Team Odyssey was there. I was really excited to get to catch up with some of them and talk to people who don’t think I’m that crazy.

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It was chilly and pretty windy out, but the sun was working it’s sweet magic and I was feeling pretty dang good. I warned every one that my knee was bugging me so I didn’t know how it was going to feel and they were understanding and asked me several times how my knee was doing.

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My knee barely hurt at all on this run. After we warmed up we managed some pretty sweet splits and it is the first successful run I’ve had in about a week. I really enjoy running with other people. Not all the time of course. Some times running is the best deep thinking time, but other times camaraderie and differing paces make for a more challenging and satisfying work out .
One of Team Odyssesy’s faster ladies throws down some pretty speedy miles. Trying to keep up with her is great speed work.

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The splits for this run were:
mile 1: 9:16
mile 2: 9:23
mile 3: 9:30
mile 4: 8:41
mile 5: 8:10
mile 6: 7:18

We were really chatting the first three miles and I was testing out my knee. The last three miles we progressively sped up. I was pretty proud of mile six although the my running partner wasn’t even breathing fast and I was pretty close to death hyperventilation.
Anyway it was a great run and my confidence is returning. Thanks ladies!

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