What a great workout!

I've been having a hard time getting back to working out after being sick. Truly, this past week I probably could have, but "life gets in the way". Thus, I was a little nervous about working out with the Luke's running group today, but was encouraged by my coach Lea Ann's email reminding us all that there have been many sick and to ease back in and don't worry about what you missed, your fitness is going to bounce right back.

Today was an awesome workout, I'm so glad to be back and I have renewed motivation. We did drills today: skipping, toe running, butt kicking and more. We then ran, 23 minutes! Another PR, woo hoo! I was surprised really at how easy it was to keep going. I think it was the pacing. Steady at 11:30/mile or so according to our other coach Ru Anne who I paced with for most of the run. Again, pretty darn good. To top it all off, after running we did 4 30 second sprints up a small hill as an intro to hill work. It was hard, but it was good to work so hard and have done it. I love running in a group, because you have the camaraderie and you push yourself harder than you would on your own. I'm really enjoying this group and I would definitely recommend it to anyone considering something like this.

I'll tell you one thing, I'm going to be one sore girl tomorrow. But no pain, no gain, right?