So speaking of J...
(Crap. Wasn't I going to stop posting about men??)
I totally forgot to mention that he went running with me on Saturday. There was an "all club run" and I invited him to join the group of 60ish Lifetime runners that was doing the long run.
Let me back this up a bit. J is a runner (obviously) and is training for the TC Marathon. He is much, much, much faster than me (his marathon PR is well over an hour faster than mine) so when I extended the invitation to join us at run club, I figured he could run with one of the faster groups.
Because I have a rule. I Do Not Run With Men. It's not strictly enforced...if I am in a group and there is a man running with us, it's not a big deal. It generally applies to running with men that are faster than me. I feel like I'm holding them back...that I'm not worthy...that they won't have an enjoyable run if they have to run slower so I can keep up.
But J did not run with one of the faster groups. He ran with my group. At my pace. With me. Willingly. And without complaint. Because he is So. Freaking. Sweet.
Anyway. We started off slow to get warmed up, and about a mile into the run, we went to the head of the pack (and by pack I mean we were a few steps ahead of Ruth, Kim and Val). We all stuck together as we did the first four miles and hit the first water stop.
At mile five, the Ruth, Kim and Val decided to stop to hit the ladies room, and J and I soldiered on. We were doing an out and back run, so we knew we'd see them again around the 9 mile mark.
You can imagine our surprise when we got to the water stop at mile 7...and they were already there! How did they beat us?? We went around a lake...and we went on one side...and they took the other side (which was about .25 miles shorter). Tricky!! But it was good to have them back. But the splits don't lie...J and I definitely went faster when it was just the two of us.
(cue music)
We kept on running...mile 10...mile 12...and we ended up breaking away from the ladies for real for the last 3.66 miles, where we went back to running sub-10s. Which, in my humble opinion, is kind of awesome, especially because it was at the end of the run. J pushed me to run faster...there's no way I would have been able to keep up such an awesome pace if I were running alone.
It was a great run. Running 15.66 speedy miles with a hottie? Worth it.
9/16/08
Mile 1: 11:07
Mile 2: 10:15
Mile 3: 10:04
Mile 4: 10:21
Mile 5: 10:09
Mile 6: 9:48
Mile 7: 9:51
Mile 8: 10:09
Mile 9: 10:09
Mile 10: 9:59
Mile 11: 10:18
Mile 12: 10:08
Mile 13: 9:47
Mile 14: 9:44
Mile 15: 9:38
Mile 15.66: 6:04 (9:10 pace)
Average pace: 10:03
Total time: 2:37:36
(Crap. Wasn't I going to stop posting about men??)
I totally forgot to mention that he went running with me on Saturday. There was an "all club run" and I invited him to join the group of 60ish Lifetime runners that was doing the long run.
Let me back this up a bit. J is a runner (obviously) and is training for the TC Marathon. He is much, much, much faster than me (his marathon PR is well over an hour faster than mine) so when I extended the invitation to join us at run club, I figured he could run with one of the faster groups.
Because I have a rule. I Do Not Run With Men. It's not strictly enforced...if I am in a group and there is a man running with us, it's not a big deal. It generally applies to running with men that are faster than me. I feel like I'm holding them back...that I'm not worthy...that they won't have an enjoyable run if they have to run slower so I can keep up.
But J did not run with one of the faster groups. He ran with my group. At my pace. With me. Willingly. And without complaint. Because he is So. Freaking. Sweet.
Anyway. We started off slow to get warmed up, and about a mile into the run, we went to the head of the pack (and by pack I mean we were a few steps ahead of Ruth, Kim and Val). We all stuck together as we did the first four miles and hit the first water stop.
At mile five, the Ruth, Kim and Val decided to stop to hit the ladies room, and J and I soldiered on. We were doing an out and back run, so we knew we'd see them again around the 9 mile mark.
You can imagine our surprise when we got to the water stop at mile 7...and they were already there! How did they beat us?? We went around a lake...and we went on one side...and they took the other side (which was about .25 miles shorter). Tricky!! But it was good to have them back. But the splits don't lie...J and I definitely went faster when it was just the two of us.
(cue music)
We kept on running...mile 10...mile 12...and we ended up breaking away from the ladies for real for the last 3.66 miles, where we went back to running sub-10s. Which, in my humble opinion, is kind of awesome, especially because it was at the end of the run. J pushed me to run faster...there's no way I would have been able to keep up such an awesome pace if I were running alone.
It was a great run. Running 15.66 speedy miles with a hottie? Worth it.
9/16/08
Mile 1: 11:07
Mile 2: 10:15
Mile 3: 10:04
Mile 4: 10:21
Mile 5: 10:09
Mile 6: 9:48
Mile 7: 9:51
Mile 8: 10:09
Mile 9: 10:09
Mile 10: 9:59
Mile 11: 10:18
Mile 12: 10:08
Mile 13: 9:47
Mile 14: 9:44
Mile 15: 9:38
Mile 15.66: 6:04 (9:10 pace)
Average pace: 10:03
Total time: 2:37:36
Labels: Dating Drama, Hotties, Running
9 Comments:
Nice splits!
Nice run! He sounds like he could be a great guy!
i believe the quote i heard from one of your fellow runners was "allison was totally running the 'lover's pace'" :)
can i be just a little jealous?? ;) lucky lucky girl. maybe this boy would like an amazing caribbean running cruise vacation :) hee!
ohhhh sounds like FUN!!!
nothing like running with someone faster to make you faster too!! awesome job!
I love the music you selected for (cue music) :)
Was cool seeing you at Ragnar exchange 3 today! Good luck to you and you and your team.
How can you go wrong with an awesome run that includes continuous eye-candy???
Nice job!
That is some great running inspiration. Maybe I should try that one day. :)
Well done! That sounds like a good setup...
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