This evening I met up with Erine, Mike, and Thon; for a change we started out down at the rock and ran the 5K Pfluger loop. It was a blast! Everyone was feeling pretty good and we headed out pretty quickly and picked it up from there. I would guess (I timed the run but didn’t take splits) that we did the first half at something like an 8:15 pace, because the whole run was about an 8:45 and I know I slowed down on the way back.

So that was several thrills in one - being able to go out and chat with some great friends as we ran, being able to keep up with them at least at first, and just plain running out on a beautiful, bright sunny afternoon, on a picturesque running trail, with great scenery too. And good weather too, lest I forget, it had to have been close to 80 degrees. Not bad for mid-February.

Afterwards, of course, the beer and pizza more than laid waste to any calorie burn I got from the three miles. Wouldn’t have it any other way, either.

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