This weekend is the celebration of my 15 year high school
class reunion. Friday night was a small
meet & greet at The Wine Tap, which turned out to be a blast. I got to catch up with a good friend that I
hadn’t seen since we went our separate ways in college – myself local, and her
to Texas. It was great to see where everyone
has gone with their lives. We called it
a night early, after a bottle of wine, in prep for our early run the next day.
Today involved another 15… 15 miles on the training schedule
– my longest run since doing the WDW Goofy Challenge in January. Woke up to a gorgeous morning – the sun was
out and it was in the mid-60s for the start of the run. After a summer of record heat and a drought,
this was very much welcomed! The
Belleville Running Club training group had a decent group for the first loop of
the day – 6 miles. One of the slightly
faster guys held up for me so we’d both have someone to run with. For the second loop, I ran the first two and
a half alone then was joined by one of our other teammates for the remaining 6
½ -miles. The company definitely made
the run more enjoyable, and it also kept me honest when I really wanted to
walk. The trail was packed with runners
out enjoying the amazing morning. Splits
were 8:40, 8:32, 8:24, 8:17, 8:16, 8:21, 8:42, 8:46, 8:45, 8:36, 8:28, 8:33,
8:32, 8:54 and 8:01 for an 8:31/mile average.
Post run I got to take a tour of my high school to see all
the renovations they’ve done over the past 15 years (most of them done over the
past 10). The changes were rather
spectacular. I hope these kids know how
good they have it! :)
Tonight, we are headed out to a local Irish Pub for the
official reunion. Unfortunately, we have
to call it an early night again – I have my first Tri, kind of. We are doing the relay and I’m the runner –
the swim I could handle, it’s the bike the freaks me out. (And it would probably help if I actually
owned a bike, other than the 15 year old Huffy mountain bike that is hanging in
my garage.)
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