Run Run Run

Saturday I planned to do a long run. I had been psyching myself up all week for it. Planning for over 6 miles, for my longest run so far (since I started training). Candy actually ran a marathon the week before in Yakima so I was talking with her about running and how she trained and all that. It was nice to talk about it with someone. To my surprise, she asked if she could go with my on my run in the morning! Ahhh it was the best run I've had in a long time (since I ran last with Dan..). It's soo nice to run with a buddy. Candy and her husband Steve went with me. We set out at about 0900. I tried to use Map My Run to find a good route to take to complete 6+ miles but the closest circle I could come to was about 5.7 miles...which just wasn't what I wanted. I set out feeling super energetic and excited for this. The awesomest part was,  I kept it up. The energy stayed with me, even through the long gradual hill that was included about 2 miles into our run. We ran an average of 10:30 pace. Which I count as amazing.... at the end we upped it to 9:30 pace and finished strong. We ran a total of 7.1 miles!! It felt amazing but my muscles were definitely feeling by the end. And so were my feet. I definitely recommend the buddy system from time to time. We talked the entire time which makes the run harder but so much more bearable. The morning was so nice, it was cool but the sun was shining. A perfect run!!