Group Training Day #2: Feb 11, 2012

After our first long group run on Feb 4, Kevin and I were sure tired puppies! We soaked up Super Bowl Sunday by NOT running (hey, our training calendar said it was ok!) and trying to enjoy the game despite the lack of presence by the 49ers...there's always next year... The week in between group trainings consisted on plenty more treadmill sessions, icing of sore muscles, and lots of traveling between Santa Rosa and Walnut Creek for me due to a heavy work schedule. I even had to leave a great San Jose Sharks game early on Friday night in order to make it back to Santa Rosa in time for a respectable amount of sleep before Saturday's run...bummer! Once again, the alarm clock went off waaaay too early on Saturday (don't know what we are going to do once the training runs move out of Santa Rosa requiring a bit more traveling), but we dragged our tired bodies to the group meet-up spot in order to hit the Santa Rosa trails once again. This time, Kevin and I decided to change up our run/walk interval a bit to see if doing a 4 minute run followed by a 1 minute walk would be a bit easier on the bodies. We hit the trail with a slightly bigger group for this interval and this week completed a total of 55 minutes. Kevin was pushing through some sore legs and I was pushing through the general out-of-shapeness...all of which equated to a tough run, but one that we completed nonetheless. In our 55 minutes of running/walking we probably did a bit over 4 miles. It's a start for sure, but getting up to a full marathon is going to sure be difficult! Here's what was supposed to be a silly shot of us running, but the camera caught me just after my funny stride, resulting in what looks like me trying to sprint instead of a silly pose...oh well :-)

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