Went to the Sunday JSRC group run, just to see what that was all about. Rather than sticking to my normal day’s training, I freestyled. Ran out with the pack that left around 5 after 8, stayed with them until they were out of sight (it’s interesting how people who look like they’re exerting the exact same amount of effort, in the same form I have to at least my eye, can go so much faster than I can; not beating myself up about it, just observing…), and ran/walked as I felt like it in a loop course back to the park we started at. I’d say that I only ran maybe 15-20 minutes max of the course, but I’m cool with that because my legs have been a little sore this week, and even 15 minutes is way more than I was doing initially.

Total time: about an hour
Total mileage: 2.77 miles, but remember, a lot of that was walking, so don’t get too excited over the 6/10ths of a mile jump in distance.

My legs, while they were a little cranky over the weekend and in a few parts of the course, feel pretty much fine now. I got gassed early, running out with the pack, but finished strong, running a quarter mile to the park entrance at a pretty solid pace.

Stuck around for about an hour afterwards, bullshitting with some running club folks (very different crowd than I’m used to, but decent folks), then headed home.

Onto Tuesday.

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