Another CRAAAAZY group run!

This is Lindsey. Everybody say, "HI, LINDSEY!" (What is it about Team in Training people all being ridiculously photogenic? Running clearly does wonders for one's complexion!) She's slightly overexposed but still smiling bravely. She was one of the lovely people at yesterday's mystery-mileage road-running adventure and, like me, still came back for more!

There was a Dense Fog Advisory this morning, and man, they weren't kidding. There were times when I was going 50 on the interstate, but it did not deter me from driving a full hour to make the 8:00 a.m. group run!

See that little path snaking off through the middle of the picture? That's the beginning of our run. You can see just how foggy it is! It was actually so foggy that another clump of TNT people gathered elsewhere in the parking area--and we never even saw them! They ended up running separately, which made me sad because Melissa was with them and I never even got to say hi to her. But our group had both running coaches, so I was clearly with the cool kids! Mike, the guy whom I mistakenly thought spoke Czech, was there, as well as Lindsey (HI, LINDSEY!) and Carol and Mike (yes, there were two Mikes), two brave souls training for a triathlon. This was our fastest group run yet: we ran 3 miles in 33:24 for an 11:08 pace. I was able to converse in paragraphs the whole way, although I had to work at it a little during the last mile.

Up tomorrow: absolutely nothing! Well, that's not strictly true--I got a lot of "homework" from the osteopath, but that's a story for another entry.

I'll leave you with one final thought: Did anyone else notice that I forked over the big bucks for a gym membership Wednesday night and haven't had to run indoors since? Funny how that works, isn't it?