Dale. Pink flowers. Wind!

RUN 7 miles in 59 mins. 6.6 loop in 55 mins, then CD
No bike, forecast of rain and up to 40 mph gusts on my home commute!

It's cold again dammit! Or it really seems that way, maybe it's the strong wind out of the west? We had a good group this morning. I got to catch up with LC, between our injuries haven't seen her much.

At the 1 mile corner, DC disappears off the back. We slow a little, don't see him, wonder, still don't see him, but keep going. Normally we wouldn't keep going, but we did!! And we found out afterwards that he was HAVING HEART SYMPTOMS AND PAIN! Ugh, this Leave No Runner Behind Rule has to be used!!

BE and new runner CE and I ran the forward group. I kept thinking I wanted to slow down, and they would have...but we didn't and I didn't and I'm happy I didn't! But it's sooooo tempting. On yesterday's 10 miler I'd slow don't just certain that I couldn't hold the pace. But every Thursday I pretty much prove that wrong!

We found 3 new park benches set up in the last mile of the run. And in the last turn into the VC, we passed under a canopy of pink-flowered trees. Smelled so good, and was so pretty!

And next Tuesday is DC's bday, so LC brought donuts for a post run treat. LC and DC and I stayed longer, felt great to just sit and chat with them, I miss my friends! But then it was "too cold" to walk poor Sugar who was waiting in the truck. I didn't walk her until I showered and warmed up. In the meantime, she had yet another meal of grass, she's been doing that a lot lately.