Now that I’m on the other side of my second half marathon, my running schedule is more easy to coordinate with the mother’s running group that meets near my house on Saturday mornings! It’s a great group to run with because most of them are much faster than I am, so I have to push myself to keep up.
This week there were five of us, one of whom was closer to my pace, and three that it was tough for me to keep up with. Since we do an out and back run, I ran out with the mother who ran a comfortable pace, and back with the runners that ran a challenging pace. Best of everything! I had company the whole time, instead of half the time or less which sometimes happens when I try to keep up with the faster group for the entire time.
My first 1.8 miles was slower than my last forum run, but my last part was faster… and they’re all faster than I would tend to run alone 🙂
This sounds like pretty good progress!