Today was a recovery run of only six miles, and I really needed it after my marathon last week! I felt a little stiff at first, and my right hamstring is giving me even more twinges than usual, but otherwise it went fine. I didn't do any midweek runs this past week, thinking I'd be better off just resting up from the marathon, so I'm sure that's one reason I was still feeling stiff. I really need to get back into my midweek training now!
We talked about switching to a 3:2 interval, instead of the 3:1 we've been doing—and I did my part to agitate for that! The Saturday group uses a 3:2 interval, and those of our group who ran on Saturday last week liked doing it, and wanted our group to try it. We didn't this week, but I think next week even if the whole group doesn't want to do it, I'll see if part of the group wants to split off and do 3:2 instead. Otherwise, I might switch to Saturdays for my group runs.
Today's run was through Golden Gate Park, up JFK Drive to the Conservatory of Flowers and back. The weather was cool and overcast. I was pleased that my watch worked the whole time, so that I was able to time the splits. I think what happens is that it goes wacky when I try to use the stopwatch and the interval timer at the same time. If I only use one function at a time, it seems to work. I hope that's the case, because I don't really want to have to buy a new watch!
Fundraising is up to about $750. I need to have at least $1000 by September 4 (which really means by mid-August, since it takes so long for the donations to be credited to us). Looks like I need to send out some more letters! And look for some more stuff to sell on eBay....
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