8:00AM Running Group

My friend, Ashely, and I have been talking forever about getting together to go for a run or swim. She is a fellow triathlete and actually taking it a step above me this year and training for a full Ironman. Someday, maybe for my 40th bday, I will plan to run a full Ironman but with Cy being so young and working full time, it's just not going to happen anytime soon:( Oh well. Anyway, so Ashley said she would be running 10 on Sunday morning if I wanted to join her. I thought, why the heck not. So, I met her at the Starbucks on Libbie & Grove and "her" turned out to be about 10 other people. She runs with a group on Sundays. I was a bit intimidated at first b/c I never run with other people due to my scheduling and I sometimes have a hard time matching other peoples' paces. But, it was all for not, there were lots of varying speeds in the group and I easily settled into a rhythm with some triathlete guys and the miles just ticked away. It was a nice way to start the morning and actually really fun to do it with other people. Richmond has a huge running/triathlon community here. Everyone is really tight and encouraging, I hope to be able to find the time to fit some group workouts in with them this year, especially swimming. I get so bored by myself sometimes!!