Four miles

After running last Sunday in Golden Gate Park, I decided that it was much more fun to run outside than on a treadmill at the gym, so for my midweek runs this week I went to the Panhandle off of Golden Gate Park. Ah, much better! I found that I could do two complete circuits of the Panhandle in about 40 minutes (and after sitting down with a ruler and a map of the City, I figured out that it was about three miles), so that's where I'll be doing my short runs from now on.

Today's group run was four miles, and it was our first with our pace group. We ran along the Great Highway, along the ocean, from Golden Gate Park to Taraval and back. I'm finding that I tend to really hit my stride after about two miles, and from then on I'm just a running fool. Who would have thought? I've barely ever run two miles before, so how was I to know it would get easier if I just kept going?

This is turning out to be a lot more fun than I thought it would be!