A running friend

I set a new best distance for running during recreation - nearly five miles. If I take out the time between laps ten and eleven it took thirty-six minutes - not too shabby for a guy building back into shape.



I went outside this morning with Carlos, a friend from my last dorm and fellow soccer player, to run together at rec. We ran together when soccer games were abruptly ended due to a ball sailing into no-man's-land over the fence. Those times weren't really training but only finding something to do once the soccer action stopped. We were usually only able to fit in two or three laps before tiring or rec being called in.

This morning we decided to try for distance, as far as we could run without killing ourselves. Carlos has not been running as often as I have so I didn't expect him to keep pace the whole time. But he surprised me. He kept pace and even quickened toward the end of our target laps until we were sprinting ( well, as much as a sprint is possible after a log run) to finish.

It felt great to put so much mileage underfoot. Being able to run city streets, country roads, or park trails would be a huge improvement over these repetitive laps, but these laps give a decent high nonetheless.