Sorry for being so delinquent in reading everyone's blogs and commenting. I'm not feeling that great this week, plus having major work stress, and I've gotten so behind in my Google Reader. But I'm working on it!
Tuesday I laced up my shoes and went for a run on my lunch break with Work Friend and 2 of her old coworkers that I had never met before. Work Friend assured me that I was totally going to be fine because they would probably run 11 minute miles...maybe even 12 minute miles. Ummmmm......
3.5 Miles in 35:23 (10:07 pace)
Mile 1 - 10:42
Mile 2 - 9:59
Mile 3 - 9:53
Mile 3.5 - 4:50 (9:40 pace)
That also includes a roughly 30 second stop at a stoplight to wait for traffic where I forgot to stop my Garmin. So? Probably less than 10 minute pace in reality. Yowza!
The thing about running with new people the first few times (at least for me) is that I'm really self-conscious. I didn't want to be the loud-breather...I mean I didn't want to sound like I wasn't in as good of shape as they were. I didn't want them to take off and leave me-I had to prove I could hang! I didn't want to be the last one up any hills. I didn't want to be the "annoying look at your watch every 2 seconds girl" but I just had to keep my eye on that pace!
Not being the loud-breather really messes with your breathing too. I probably would have had a much more comfortable run had I not been trying to not breathe. Okay, when you're 30 years old you're too old to get caught up in games like this, right? Apparently not right. Meh.
In the end, I did keep up with everyone, I did eventually return to my normal breathing, I did post one of my better paced runs of the season, and I did have a really great time.
I'm looking forward to many more lunchtime runs with coworkers in fact. It was all very Runner's World lunch breakesque.
On a related note-today I found out that Work Friend got a new job. We'll still be close enough to run together (if she doesn't forget me) but we'll no longer sit in the same building or work together daily. Sad day.
It is weird running with new people, isn't it? How awesome tho that you got in such a great run.
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