Bag Stuffing with Team Belladium

Kathy, Lisa, Sarah, Lisa, Valerie, Lisa, and me getting the job done

Thursdays are usually the days I meet Valerie for lunch, and we walk around the pond between our office buildings. Today was the same as last week in that we didn't meet, but I still took the opportunity to walk a couple miles (going to DHY though, where I could shower after!). During that walk I had a lot of thinking time, prayer time, and general enjoying-the-sunshine time. Good thing I got to enjoy the sunshine then, because later in the afternoon it rained and the sun didn't come out again until after I'd run.

Today's run was so much better than yesterday's short, hot run. In fact, it was even slightly faster (on a different course) than Tuesday's run, too. Hooray!

8-12-10 (DHY), 8-10-10 (MFY); 8-09-10 (MFY)

• 58:25, 6.20 miles, 9:25 pace (6:50 best), 167 HR (187 max), 738 cal
  52:44, 6.20 miles, 8:31 pace (6:34 best), 172 HR (185 max), 744 cal
  51:31, 6.20 miles, 8:19 pace (5:59 best), 170 HR (185 max), 743 cal
  
• Mile 1: 7:58; Mile 1: 8:04; Mile 1: 8:38
  
• Mile 2: 8:25; Mile 2: 7:47; Mile 2: 8:03
  
• Mile 3: 10:23; Mile 3: 9:30; Mile 3: 8:09
  
• Mile 4: 8:24; Mile 4: 8:25; Mile 4: 8:19
  
• Mile 5: 8:55; Mile 5: 8:37; Mile 5: 8:15
  
• Mile 6: 12:45; Mile 6: 8:51; Mile 6: 8:23
  
• Mile 6.2: 1:31; Mile 6.2: 1:28; Mile 6.2: 1:40
  

I'm most excited about Mile 6, during which I did not significantly slow down my pace as I had in the previous runs. Mile 6.2 was slightly longer, but it was also half uphill (as opposed to at MFY where it is all downhill). After that run and my isos (I didn't make it all 5 minutes for either leg because I did this right after my run), I headed over to Jonell's to stuff bags for Team Belladium's Women and Wine at the Vine ride on Saturday.

Lisa, Valerie, Jonell, Lisa, me, and Parri after our job was done (Cali came later too)