Second, we had an absolutely incredible run today. Everyone was really in a groove, and the weather cooperated quite nicely. I hope that it's this easy on marathon day. The time seemed to fly by, and the miles did too. Here are our statistics for this week:
Time: 1:02:33We are in great shape for June. As we get into the longer distances, we'll pick up the pace a bit so we're ready to hit our 9:44 min/mile pace on marathon day.
Distance: 6.31 miles
Average Pace: 9:55 min/mile
Calories Burned: 864
We also did very well in sharing the trail and accommodating other runners, bikers, and walkers.
Everyone looks to be in great physical and mental shape. I really liked how loose, relaxed, and talkative everyone was today. These are the basics of a great, fun training group.
We also excelled in reforming the group when we came out of water stops. If you're new to the group and heard me shouting "Voltron," you might wonder what that's all about. This clip kind of explains:
The idea is that we, the individual runners, are the robotic cats who are pretty strong when they're flying around alone, but unstoppable when they unite to form Voltron, or the pace group. That's why it's important to get back together after we stop for water. During the marathon, this will be critical since there will be dozens of other runners in the area and plenty of confusion.
Also, the growling cat faces on the hands and feet are just cool.
This may be my last post on this site--I'm going to be migrating the blog over to the Las Vegas in Motion website, http://www.lvinmotion.com/. Some of the older posts are already there, and it shouldn't take too long for me to figure out how to post new ones there, too.
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