Today is the first day of running with my new running group. I was so nervous I cried. What if I couldn’t keep up with them? What if they don’t like me? My fears were quickly quieted when Katie gave me a fuel belt and welcomed me to the group. This fuel belt secures around your waist using Velcro and holds four 8 oz. bottles that can be filled with fluid so you don’t have to worry about finding your water bottles in the weeds, brilliant!
Due to the heat we started at 7:30 a.m. (again, brilliant) and the first 5 miles flew by. I learned that Katie is training for the Rock ‘n Roll marathon in Chicago on September 11th, Rita is training for the Grand Rapids Marathon on October 16th and Maureen is training to run the half marathon leg of the Steelhead triathlon on August 14th.
But at about mile 7 I was so tired and had been nervously watching my Garmin not certain how to tell the group they were running 9:30 min/miles instead of the 10 min/miles they normally run. If you are a runner you know that even 10 seconds faster per mile can tire you out let alone 30 seconds faster. So I finally found the courage to say they were doing awesome and looked strong (I swear they weren’t even out of breath as they chatted away) but should continue without me because this pace was just too fast for me. I was so happy to hear them say thank you for letting them know and we all immediately slowed down. WOW, how awesome are they?
Even after 13 miles I was not a bit sore the next day—crazy! I love this group.
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