This one could have been miserable. 90 minutes is our longest time so far and it was already lightly raining when we got to home base at the Gasworks parking lot. The announcements were short and we headed out. I had done a good 20-25 minute walk ahead of time to make sure I was nice and warmed up. Still, I started out slowly. My IT band has been better, but facing such a long time I wanted to be extra careful.
The rain continued and I met up with Karen and Ruthie, one of our group's mentors, about 20 minutes in or so. Up to this point, I really haven't talked to anyone during the runs — I wasn't being antisocial but it always seemed that I ended up in an empty area from other runners. The three of us stayed together through most of the run. Karen slowed up a bit towards the end while I tried to stay with Ruthie. I wasn't paying attention to my pace meter since I always tend to go too fast when I do.
Ruthie kept a solid pace. I kept up with her and finished the run really strong with no significant pain. A major win. I did have a little stiffness and my quads were sore, but I can deal with all of that.
It really did make the time go by having people to talk to. I can see that as we get closer to and beyond a couple of hours of running time, it will be more and more important to strike up some conversations.
Not only did it make the time go by, but it also helped us ignore the rain. It started lightly and got a lot harder during the second half of the run. We were all soaked to the bone. I'm pretty much done with winter, the rain, the cold and the gray. Spring can't get here fast enough.
Run stats: 1:31:43 min. | 9.45 miles | 9:42/mile average pace
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