I haven't ran with someone on a training run in about 3 years. The last time I ran with others was when some of our students were training for the mini-marathon and I did a lot of the training with them. I am a put-your-headphones-in-and-cruise-at-your-own-pace kinda runner. This morning I ditched the headphones for an old friend and her buddy.
One of my high school teammates and classmates lives in Belle Union and kept posting about running on Facebook and then signed up for the same half-marathon I am doing in November. We finally synced our schedules and carved out this morning to run 5 miles. Her friend met us and we ran. Hard. It was the fastest sustained distance I have ever run. I averaged a 9:22 mile over 5.5 miles, which is very quick for me. I run 10 minute miles on my best days. So, either I am getting better at this or running with another person pushes me to go faster. It was also nice to meet and learn about her friend and catch up, as opposed to just listening to some techno or house music, which is what I usually do.
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