Today I went on my first "group run". Some of us met a the local grocery store to carpool and drove down to Napa JFK Park (near the Napa Community College). This group was planning on doing a 5 or 10 mile run. I have never ran the entire time further then my 5k, I have done interval runs where I have gone 5.5 but never a full run. So today I was planning on running the entire 5 miles and I did, and then some!
It was great meeting new people and having someone to race myself with when we started. My first mile was a 9.18 minute mile. Of course I didn't hold that pace the entire time, but I never let the group out of my site. I even got so distracted at just following the person in front of me that I ran more then the 5 miles I had planned on running. When I finished my "Run Keeper" app said I had ran a total of 5.7 miles at a pace of 10.41
If you haven't joined a running group yet, I highly recommend it. I know I have just made some great friends and I know I have just found one more thing to full my new addiction to running.
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