Start time: 5/24/03, 8:00am
Location: W&OD Trail
Activity: Running
Distance: 6 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 3:1
Average pace: 14:00min/mile

Well, it’s only been a week and it’s still hard to believe I’m doing this again! Big thanks to my first donors for this year, Esther Friesner and Julie Babyak, both who sent donations in before I’d even gotten my butt in gear to start soliciting any! Wow!

I was feeling a little sore after last week’s run (a lethargic winter will do that to you) so I took it easy this week; the near-continual rain and gloom may have had something to do with that as well. Before I knew it, though, it was already Saturday morning and time to head back onto the running trail!

Our group was pretty large this early on in the game, so the staff asked us to at least temporarily split into two groups. Madelyn took one group, while I ended up taking the other. It felt like old times to have a nice small group again, although I suspect we won’t stay split for too long. People always drop out of the program, or shift to different pace groups early on. For now, though, this split should work pretty well.

Our last 8am start time until October (yikes) greeted us with cool temperatures and cloudy weather; it kept threatening to rain, but never actually did so. Probably because I brought a hat. Our group did pretty well with staying on pace, something that’s often tough to do this early on! It seems like a really nice group of people.

And now, I’m off to Western Pennsylvania to visit relatives over Memorial Day weekend. I hope everyone else enjoys the day off (if they get one)…