Tonight was SO MUCH FUN! We went over to the club for our second run, and this time the women's captain came over and had a chat with me. She suggested another group for us to run in and said that since she and her training partner were taking it easy, they were going to run with us as well. It ended up quite amusing though :)
Firstly we all start off together - about 9 of us in the group. The first km goes well as everyone tries to warm up their muscles in the rain and wind and it passes in about 6 minutes. All is well.
Then for some reason, myself, Andy, the TC and her partner sped up and 2km later we had lost the other half of the group. We were going at a lovely steady pace of between 8:30 and 9:00 a mile. After 3 miles we saw another group from the club and joined them for the remaining 2.6miles. It was slightly slower than when only the four of us were running together, but it was still a nice pace. By the end we had done 5.6 miles!
It was absolutely wonderful to run with them. My legs didn't feel heavy, I wasn't out of breath too much, I could hold a conversation, but I broke a sweat and afterwards it felt like I had run.
There's a XC relay 3 weeks from now and the women's captain have asked if I could run on that Saturday. I've of course said that I'd love to run! Andy has to check whether he's on call, but he might run with the men's team :) Right now, he's downstairs though, claiming that the run had killed him - I'm sure its nothing a little bit of chilly can't cure though.
It seems that tomorrow is going to be a very rainy day, which is a good excuse to tell him to take a nice rest. I have a squash game around noon, but apart from that I plan to take tomorrow easy as well - then go out for a relaxing run on Sunday.
Good luck to everyone that is doing races this weekend - I'll be thinking of you!
Great to hear that you found a more suitable group this time out. And good luck with the relay - we'll be cheering for you. :-)