Start time: 03/19/05, 9:00am
Location: W&OD Trail
Distance: 10 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 4:1
Average pace: 12:00min/mile

We had a huge group on Saturday—9 people—and we started out of the gate at a pretty good clip… Well, for about half of us, anyway. The group started dragging around mile 4, so we took miles 5-8 a bit slower and then dropped them off at home base before knocking out two more miles a little faster again. If there was ever any doubt that those in the group who continue marathon training this may will be in different groups, it was certainly dispelled here. Right now I’m seeing four or five of us in one group, and the rest in a group or two lower. No shame in being in a lower group, of course; it’s all just what you’re ready for.