Trail Running Granny

Today was supposed to be my scheduled 8 mile long run, I am following a program that some of the younger gals in the neighborhood are doing, but they are still up at Girls Camp so I decided to do 2 miles this morning of speedwork (my idea of speedwork will probably make you giggle) and then I am doing 6+ miles this afternoon on the Cottonwood trail with Maurine.  I have never really focused on speed, just putting the miles in and going for the distance, so this is new to me, I am inspired by my young running group who are faster than me and from this fabulous blog, reading about all these fast runners, I didn't  do anything fancy at the track with a stop watch, but I went out for a fast 2 mile run. I put my garmin on at my front porch and just ran fast around my park and neighborhood, at one point my heels were feeling like they were getting pounded so I took off my shoes and ran on the lawn (thank you Maurine for bring that up) it was HEAVEN!!!  I will do that often on my new "speed work sessions"  Anyway, I am posting my stats because it is my first attempt at this and I want to see how I improve.  And, by the way, I am thrilled!!!

2 miles - total time 19:56  Average Pace 9:57

mile 1  -10:05

mile2   -9:50

Max speed 7.4 mph

Maurine and I did the Cottonwood trail again, we are feeling like one of the "regulars"  alot of the same people do the trail daily.  I had run past the same man twice this week and he was there again today with his daughter, the daugher was my son's girlfriend, so I got to meet her dad, that was a pleasant surprise.  Anyway we did it in 1:36 minutes, we shaved off 4 minutes. Our pace was 14.48.  Maurine was a head of me most of the time until about the last mile, I think she was pushing too hard after surgery and she had a little pain and had to slow down. It was a great run!  The mileage on the trail was 6.55