This morning we had our TNT workout. The spring team is getting closer to their race, and so they did 18 miles (SLC marathon) and 16 miles (Nashville marathon) and 8 miles (SLC & Nashville half marathons). The summer team joined us for 7 miles (San Diego full marathon), 5 miles (Seattle full marathon), and 4 miles (SD and Seattle half marathon). We had a really hilly route, and it was a fun challenge. I think most of the team enjoyed pushing themselves; the attendance was down due to the rummage sale the spring team hosted, but those who were there seemed to have a good time. It's so fun seeing them accomplish new things - one woman did her first 5-miler today, and another her first 16-miler. Awesome! Another woman on the team is recovering from an injury, and was able to do 16 miles today as well - really terrific news for her.
I did 16.2 myself with all the various team members - it was great to touch base w/so many of them and get to know them better. I always really enjoy the team workouts and today was especially nice because of the good weather and the fun people who showed for the workout.
Total time: 3:10:54, and ave speed 11:46/mile - not bad, considering that I did walk fairly slowly for a time w/some of the walkers. I did get in 2 really fast miles in between team members who were spread out, which was great - I did them under 10:15/mile (between 10:15 and 9:30), perfect training for my 1/2 marathon. I was hoping for 14 miles w/3 miles at 1/2 marathon pace sometime this weekend, and this was pretty close to that. I'll take it :).
The best part? NO IT BAND PAIN! YAY! I did a lot of miles, and some fast miles, and had no trouble. Definitely a great thing.
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No pain after that crazy amount of distance?! That's awesome!
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