Midweek long run

Met Mike, Meredith and Dave for our midweek run today. I planned to run 11, Mike and Meredith wanted to do 8 and Dave was thinking about 6. I arrived at the school about 4:45 so I went for a mile around the track before everyone else came. (8:19 pace)

We then set out at a nice easy pace, but as is normal when you run with Meredith, we steadily picked up the pace 🙂

10:15
9:44
9:57 — it started to storm so we stopped for a brief moment. Dave decided to stick with us
9:24
9:19
8:35
8:27 — storm got worse, we were heading to the underpass, while we waited for it to stop
9:05 — I asked if anyone didnt want to do a last two miles with me. Dave figured if he ran 10 today, he could skip the 10 he had planned for Sat 🙂
8:50
8:33

Overall, 1:40:34 (9:08pace)
Average heart rate: 161, Max 188.

I will admit as I started out, my left knee was a bit sore. It was better within the first half mile, however.

I feel so great — really strong, really motivated. I feel this is going to be a great year!!!