Together again

Begrudgingly after work this morning I did my 3 miles. Laps 5-7 were awesome. I lost myself in the process and felt great. James noticed I picked up my pace then. yep, James and I ran TOGETHER. I thought we'd give it a try with the understanding that I'd ask him to come back at lap 6 if I was getting distracted. No problems. It was nice doing this together which was the original idea of this triathlon. He did an admirable 9 min mile and a full 10K/6 mi. I did not time my pace as I just wanted to complete the 3 miles/5K. He timed it for me and said I did a 12 min mile. Not bad. I was far more pleased at my ability to run the full 3 with James than my time.

Yesterday I had a hard day. I went to another track in the middle of the day and only did a mile and biked 15 min.

Now I am excited to run again. J and I will run again tomorrow after work. I want to go further and do 4 miles. I could have gone further today. had I known J was going for the 10 K I would have. But I thought he was stopping with me so I stopped. Once I stop it's over. I did get some nice stretching in while he finished though.