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November 10, 2004

Wax on, wax off

Last night was a good workout. I ran with Steve's group again; we did a fartlek-type workout on hilly streets. I spazzed a little bit when we started; I had no idea how long the workout was in miles (we just zig-zagged our way up some neighborhood streets, running north/south easy and east/west hard.) Turns out it was 6 miles total, with 48 hard segments anywhere between 100 and 300 yards long.

When we had just a quarter left of the workout we stopped for water and I complained to Steve that I was going to be sore in the morning. He said "good" and told me that if I was looking for sympathy I was looking in the wrong place. One of the guys responded that he felt like we were in the Cobra Kai running group (remember? Karate Kid? The evil hard-core karate group with the mean coach?) That, naturally, led to a series of 80's references and a discussion of our childhood crushes (incidentally I never really thought Ralph Macchio was cute even then.) We worked hard that last set but it went by a lot faster than the painful ones before it.

The group has turned out to be really fun. We all run well together, running comfortably on long runs (until the end) and waiting for one another to regroup at water stops. And a few of us are of the same age, which is really here nor there except that we've had some great reminscenses (?) about being kids. I just wish one of those guys was aiming for 3hrs so we could do marathon pace together. Most of them are going for 3:10 or so I think.

Sorry you all are so cold! I was in just shorts and a bra last night and was on the warm side. I think we're supposed to get it tomorrow sometime, though. Good timing - I have tomorrow off from work!

Posted by jenandmats at November 10, 2004 7:51 AM

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Ahh...soon it will be time for you to heckle us with your warm weather while we are all freezing and running in MANY layers! It's only fair though as we did our fair share of heckling when you were running in 90-100 degree temps and we were running in the 50s and 60s! :) Try not to rub it in too hard... :)

Posted by: Beth at November 10, 2004 3:04 PM

Sounds like a great run and group to run with! We're all definitely envious of your comfortable running temps. Enjoy it while it lasts... :)

Posted by: Leilani at November 10, 2004 5:50 PM

our "cold front" came through this morning so our highs will only be in the 60s today. Our mornings will be in the 40s, though, which is just about perfect for me!

Posted by: jenandmats at November 11, 2004 10:39 AM