The Short, Long Run

I'm sorry to report that the long run Sue and I were going to do yesterday ended up getting abbreviated. We ended up going to the park where Sue usually runs because it was quite windy and we figured it would be even worse out at Hefner. I must say I really liked the trail where Sue runs. It's 2.75 miles around and goes thru open fields and pretty heavily wooded areas. And there are quite a few hills. The three places I've run around Moore are quite different. The park near my house is the only one of those with any "hills" at all, and I have to put that in quote marks, as it's probably a stretch to call them hills.

Unfortunately, Sue was having one of those days, where you just can't seem to get into a groove while running. I know I've had them and I'm sure everyone else has too. It was quite hot once you started running and her legs were bothering her too. We went around three times which is 8.25 miles, but we probably only ran about 5 miles of that and walked the rest of it. I worried a bit about how I would like running with someone else since all my running to this point has been solo. I let Sue set the pace when we took off and it turned out that it was a great pace. Our first mile was just over 10 minutes, and I feel like I can go quite a while at that pace. We both listened to our iPods while we ran, the took our earphones out talked while we were walking.

I was a bit disappointed that we didn't run the distance we were planning on, but all in all I enjoyed going around with Sue and having some good conversation, and we still got some good work in, so it was definitely a worthwhile afternoon.