Running Log, Entry #2

Today was a group training run with Team in Training. We meet in downtown West Palm Beach and run along the inter coastal waterway. Today our Coach threw in a surprise - we were running the bridge as well - on the way out and the way back. No biggie, right? Sure, except I live in Florida where it is FLAT. I was hoping to add mileage to this week's long run, but quickly decided to alter my goal. Now I wanted to RUN this bridge! :) Oh - did I mention it was raining?!? hehehe

Two of my teammates were apprehensive about pacing themselves. I shared that this was my first week of training that I'd completed ALL three days of solo runs during the week and doing intervals of 1:45 / :45 (Jeff Galloway's run-walk-run method, found at www.jeffgalloway.com) and that my pace was S-L-O-W. They were game. Usually I love running solo. I'm not a fan of chatting it up out there - with three boys ages 6, 4 and 2 at home, I have enough chatter in my life. One of my loves from running is the fact that it is me and the road. I can go out there, think, zone out, whatever... just BE.

In any case, we started out. After the first 1/2 mile, it was time for... THE BRIDGE. WE NAILED IT!!! Feeling strong, at the bottom we realized it was time to turn around and tackle it again. Again, we were victorious! WOOHOO! At the bottom of the bridge (where we started) was our first water stop. While we all run with water, the Team In Training water stops are COLD water. Ahhhh! Then we were off! At 33 minutes it was time to turn around. By the time we got to the bridge, we decided one of our 1 min 45 sec runs needed to be a walk. Felt more like a crawl because it was during the time we were working our way up that bridge! In any case, when we made it to the other side, we nailed it going back.

When we got back, as expected, our mm was slower. Darned bridge! HA! In any case, we DID it! We only took ONE extra walk break in 66 minutes! YAHOO! What's more is that I REALLY enjoyed running with these ladies! I hope we can keep this up for a few weeks and see where it takes us!

Happy Running,
Beth

66 minutes
4.4 miles
15:00 per mile (yuck, but with HILLS, haha!)