Sunday, July 13, 2008

9 miles, 90 degrees, 90 percent humidity

OK, maybe that's a slight exaggeration. But this is July in North Carolina.

This was our second official week of training and we actually got to run together again (minus Noel who's in DC). We ran the Carolina North trails. 5 women, 2 dogs, a single goal.

We met at the trail head at 7:30am and were off on the trails. Mix of gravel and single track, rooty trails. We all had a good run. We finished at about a 9:30 minute mile pace and had lots of laughs. Fortunately Kiyah's shins/calves felt good. Despite Natalie's hatred of trail running, not a single fall...this time.

It's pretty amazing that 9 miles seems like a relatively short run to all of us now. But we know we have a long way to go.

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