This morning we met for our first progressive workout. The plan was to run the seven mile loop (for the last time - we’ll do the ten mile loop in the future) pretty easily for the first five miles and then really pick it up for the last two. I failed the first portion, running a little bit too fast and trying to keep up with some speedy folk for too long, but it was still a fun way to start the morning.

Time: 8:53 - 7:20 - 8:26 - 8:14 - 8:52 - 7:32 - 8:04

That’s according to my GPS. I’m not sure what happened, although there may have been some interference because a couple of people reported similarly spotty readings. I know that I didn’t slow down that much for mile five. In fact, there’s a bad point in there right as I headed under the MoPac bridge which is adding a good chunk of distance to that mile - which is why its reading so strangely. Although that should make it shorter - whatever. The joys of the GPS. I’ve been told by the people behind me that I didn’t slow down 30 seconds in the last mile either - it sure didn’t feel like I did!

Next time I won’t run quite so quickly in mile two, that’s for sure. The weather was disgustingly humid again, since its early morning on a summer’s day in Texas, but other than that everything went very nicely. I was only passed by two people the entire time I was out there, a fellow gazelle starting his kick and then a few minutes later by one fast lady who booked past me effortlessly. I’m still not used to being one of those who passes, rather than one who’s passed, to be honest. Still, I’m not complaining!

We finished out with Gilbert leading us through some speed-streching, doing a pretty full series of stretches for 10 seconds each with about 2 seconds between each one. Hurried, but effective, and it’ll be a great resource to use in the mornings before work if I can get the patterns down.

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