first group run

I woke up at 5:20 am to get to the run site in time today for our first run. It was difficult to wake up, but once I was up I had no problem. The bus ride ruled because there was nobody getting on or off the bus so it was as if I had my own taxi...until some crazy tweaker kid decided to sit right next to me on an empty bus and hit on me. Ugh. Too early buddy.

It was cold out by the beach. We split into groups based on what we thought our mile time would be for a 3 mile run. I put myself in 12 minute mile group. Yeah yeah, slow. Whatever, they said to be slow and at a conversational pace or else you'll be put in a group thats too hard for you. We ran the three miles, with goofy cheer leaders everywhere cheering us on. At the end we got our times shouted out and they put us in our pace groups. Mine will be running 3 minutes, walking 1 minute from here on out. I got exactly 12 minutes for the run actually. Guess I was good at pacing and remembering how I ran the past few weeks.

I went home, was there by 9:30 am! Feels sort of weird. Next saturday is 4 miles, then the next week 5 and so on. It really doesn't feel so daunting right now, I don't know why. It probably should?