group runs assessment

Wow, I'm really enjoying reading everyone's posts here in this blog. It's so wonderful to be part of a group and have the common goal of running strong. We all come from different backgrounds and abilities, but I know that we will all do great come race day. Now here's a bit about my running:

Two Saturdays ago, I joined up the run from the Pacers store at 6:30am. It was such a small crowd and I was thinking, "This is the entire Pacers Racers crowd??" I and another woman ran together, about 12 miles. The terrible part is always running up the Custis trail from Key Bridge through Rosslyn. Oh man, that hill is long and steep!

Anyways, I realized that it was actually the Sunday run that's the main group run. So I showed up yesterday at Roosevelt Island. I don't really like that we start at 7:30am, because it's already scorching by then, but I have to remember that most lazy people are still asleep at that time! There was a "fast group" that was way too fast for me, and a "slow group" that was way too slow for me, so I was the oddball in the middle, haha. I think I ran about 11-12 miles, and even with the blazing sun and heat, I didn't walk at all.

Just like last Saturday's run, this run was along the C&O canal. Parts of it are nice and shady, but I hope we run on some other trails as well in the upcoming weeks, because I like variety! Tomorrow evening I'm planning to join the group for a track workout at Washington-Lee HS. First of all, I always perform sub-par in evening workouts and second of all, I am terrible at track/speed workouts. But that's the point of all this, right? For me to improve!