A Spring in My Step

Yesterday? Yesterday.... I ran in capris! And my visor! And no gloves! And sunglasses!

It was glorious.

The run itself wasn't too bad, either. The gal I was running with had just run 8 miles the night before and I was a little sore from my Hi/Lo aerobics class but we still kept it pretty close to my goal pace of 9:07.

We talked about how, in our 30s, we thought we'd have found careers we loved but instead we're doing something that, while tolerable, we're not passionate about. We talked about life in general. We talked about dogs versus cats. We talked about racing. We talked about drinking til you puke. We crammed a lot of stuff into those almost 5 miles.

When I woke up Thursday morning I didn't know if I would have the energy to run at lunch. I'm so glad I did. It's a wonderful break in the day and once I'm out there I wonder how I could have ever thought I wouldn't run.

As we all walked back to the locker room I asked how many "points" I get for placing in my age group on Sunday. See, my lunch time running group (also known as the Unofficial and Unendorsed Runner's Union) has some weird points system. You get points for racing, for showing up to weekly runs, and for whatever else the "scorekeeper" wants to give you points for. You lose points for whining, missing runs, being late, doing too much, not doing enough, or whatever else the scorekeeper feels you should lose points for.

Turns out I get 5 points for placing and 2 points for being the first person in the club to place this year.

There *is* a end-of-the-season trophy, but otherwise it's kind of like "Whose Line". The points are made up and they don't matter.

I mean, who wouldn't want to use their lunch hour for a run with this group? :-)

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Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 590 ft Location: Chicago, IL Elev. Gain: +13 ft Date: 03/04/10 Up/Downhill: [+177/-164] Time: 12:21 PM Difficulty: 2.0 / 5.0   Weather: A Few Clouds   42 F temp; 35% humidity   42 F heat index; winds NW 9 Performance Distance: 4.71 miles Time: 0:43:14 Speed: 6.5 mph Pace: 9' 11 /mi Calories: 558 Map   Elevation (ft)   Pace (min/mile)   Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 04 -0' 07 6.6 +0.1 0 ft 2 9' 07 -0' 04 6.6 +0.0 0 ft 3 9' 34 +0' 23 6.3 -0.3 +4 ft 4 9' 08 -0' 03 6.6 +0.0 -4 ft end 9' 13 +0' 02 6.5 -0.0 +10 ft Versus average of 9' 11 min/mile

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