So the Speed Work-Outs DO Pay Off

Last week I was moaning to Brent...it just isn't getting easier. All these hills, 800 repeats...I felt like I was on the BYU track team and dying to keep up. I wasn't feeling any improvement. The big test came on Saturday. The Rex E Lee 10K Run at BYU. My first 10K since July.

Being the odd bunch that my wonderful running partners and I are, we ran 4 miles down to the start. At gun shot, Melody and Marie were a blur in front of me...speeding away in their Sojourners jerseys...(I can't get myself to join the team...)

I actually felt great and came in at 42:06...my fastest time by 6 minutes! Apparently the speed work-outs and hill repeats, and tempo runs are doing something for me. The time put me at a 6:48 minute mile. In High School I thought a 9 minute mile was the fastest I would ever run.

Bring on middle age!

I ended up placing first in my age group (hence I look the coolest in the picture up there because I have a blue ribbon, but I wasn't nearly the coolest because Marie was 2nd overall 38 minutes and Melody was third 39 minutes!) and sixth overall in the women.

Then we ran home.