My first buddy run was today. It was easier and shorter than expected. And hotter. Amy, the L.I.C. (lady in charge) tells us we will start by running 30 minutes, and with time progress. We all start out, me placing myself at the back because I was remembering my 11:10 pace. I start running, everything is fine and I expect to end up solo like Saturday. And then came along my new buddy... I am aware that I'm running VERY close to someone who has squeezed up next to me. She asks what event I am doing, I tell her, and then we introduce ourselves....her name is Sue. As I am talking/running with her, I realize she is my "chipper jen" character out of the non-runners guide to running a marathon book I recently finished. From this point on, she will be my Chipper Sue. I am so pleased. :) So....we are running, and she tells me her pace is about 9:30 minute miles, and last I checked, mine was like 11. hmmm. I told her I hope she is speeding me up and I am not slowing her down.Turns out, she sped me up and kept me talking the WHOLE time - about her 4 beagles, living in the bay area, her running the 1/2 last year at Nike, which led to her telling me about the actual mountains I will run through the Presidio. ugh. Anyway, it ended well:I ran 3 miles in 30 minutes. felt comfortable the whole time. I wouldn't mind it cooling off a little, but it wasn't bad.
As a side note: Our spirit captain Michelle had the cool ipod run tracker thingy on her shoe. She actually read our stats at the end, and I think I need one because they are SUPER cool. Although listening to your ipod is prohibited during the event, I am pretty sure Nike will allow peeps to use their Nike Plus thingy. I will just add this to my ever growing list of nifty running gear to buy.
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