Back in the game

Well, I survived the Heart Mini. It was a less than spectacular showing to say the least, but I wasn't too disappointed. I was just glad I finished, mainly because as more than one of the coaches have said "If you can finish the Heart Mini, you can finish the Pig." That makes me very hopeful.

So, last night for our short run, we were supposed to be doing a leisurely 5ish miles through Oakley (it is a little crazy that 5 miles is now our "short" run--the first time I ever ran 5 miles was mid-February and that was for a long run!). It was pretty warm, and my warm weather running gear is minimal, so I had to leave my Droid behind. I figured it wouldn't be a big deal, I could manually enter my workout into Cardio Trainer later, and I figured I could stay with someone who had a Garmin or a watch to do my intervals.

Well, we took off and I just . . .felt like running. So, run I did. I started at the back of the pack because that's where I end up anyway. I ended up being by myself for about half the run, but I could see people in front of me, so I knew what I was supposed to be doing and where I was supposed to be going. When we finished, I asked the girl who finished just in front of me what her time was. She told me 48 minutes. We ran about 4.8 miles. I was dumbfounded. It normally takes me around 56-57 minutes to run 4-4.5 miles. It's called progress. And it's just what I needed to get my head back in the training.