When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. —Cynthia Heimel
So today on the Galloway Trail in Springfield, Linden and I met a local news anchor on the trail, who runs for Team in Training and just finished a marathon (the station did a story about it).
So tonight I’m watching the news and I e-mail her just to say congrats on the marathon and to say hello. Now I feel like a groupie, but who knows…maybe I’ve made a new running friend!
*This post was originally published at LogYourRun.com.
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Today was awesome. Let me preface…
Linden and I generally run between 11:30 and 12:00 3-milers, and we’ve been doing some tempo runs about once a week (heck, we even cranked out an 8:59 one-miler a few weeks ago).
We issued a running challenge to our friends and family this September, and the response has been surprising. We were simply hoping a handful of peeps would join us for a 5K; not only have several committed to the 5K, but two have also committed to running the half marathon with us in November.
And now we have a running group, not just a pair, but a group. We’re running together three days a week plus we have a long run on the weekends with a big training group for the half marathon.
So, today, it was just me and Allison, who is a tad bit faster than me (this is an adjustment because when Linden and I run, I’m a bit faster). We did our easy three miles, talking as we went, and low and behold, we were booking it! We finished in 34:01…a record ‘easy’ 3-miler for me. Woot!
P.S. Thanks, Allison!
*This blog post was originally posted at LogYourRun.com
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