10 miles

ran with the cara training group this morning, and it felt great. ran a bit too fast throughout the last half, but i guess it must have evened out because we finished in 2 hours on the dot.

so i've named our training group will's thrills. we're an interesting and ecclectic group of people who remind me of why i like running so much.

we've got our leader, will, who has managed to stop smoking, lose a ton of weight and has two marathons under his belt.

we've got ann who has a similar first-attempt-at-a-marathon story as me. ran in the 10 minute pace group, got injured and then had to slow down a bunch to avoid getting injured again. ann's got 4 marathons under her belt i believe.

then there's becca. ahhhh, becca. she has one of the greatest stories. never ran a day in her life until last october when she decided she wanted to get up off her couch. she joined a training group that got beginners to their first 5k, and she said that the first time she ran a mile, she called her sister because she was so excited. now she's training for a marathon, and looking great while doing it. way to go, becca.

there are others, but i haven't yet gotten their stories...but i'm sure i will eventually because that's the beauty of running with a training group. their reasons for running are all different but inspiring just the same.