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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Misty morning....

It was beautiful this morning! Did the usual Saturday morning run with the Little Rock Marathon Group.....I love the locations they use for training. Today was out at 2 Rivers Park, near Maumelle park. I had never been out that way before. The temperature was a little chilly, but just perfect once I got warmed up. I did wish that I had brought some light gloves, however, cause even when I warmed up, my fingers stayed cold and stiff. Anyway, as the bright red sun came up over the misty farmland, it was so serene and beautiful. Much of the run I was by myself. The group was mostly 3-miler's doing the half buildup and 6 miler's doing the marathon buildup, so the few of us doing longer runs went in a different direction. I figured I better do a few weeks of 7 miles on my long run, and maybe a few weeks of 8 miles before I am in step with the whole group. The route ended up being 7.2 miles, but i didn't time myself this morning. I think it was around an hour and five minutes.

I tried one of my new C9 Target running skirts, and this one "stayed put" much better! It is a bit shorter than I'd prefer, but I still like it. It definitely doesn't chafe the legs, which is awesome. I did, however, get to experience the infamous (ahem) , nipple chafing that I've heard people talk about....

Still having a hard time getting my running in while up in Harrison. Only 4 more weeks up there and I'm ready to get back into a routine at home. I guess I will have to get a gym membership for one month, just to use the treadmill.... I can tell the lack of running during the week is really doing me in on the weekends as my long runs are getting longer.....

3 comments:

Cheryl said...

On a personal note - how in the world are you getting (ahem) nipple chafing? We need to talk... You may need new sports bras.

Glad to see you made it out with the group, I'll be there next week, but I can't keep up with your pace!!

Newly and Forever, Tamantha said...

Well....my pace varies from week to week...the cool weather definately helps me fun faster. As far as the "personal" note, it was not so much during my run, but after...I felt kind of irritated.

Cheryl said...

I was hoping we could meet up tomorrow and run together, but I don't know if you'll read your email tonight, so I'll probably just do a 10 miler at home. Let's plan on next Saturday for sure, whatever mileage you run is fine with me. Email me and we'll decide where to meet.