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Ben wanted to run with a friend at school this morning.  So, I invited myself to join him.  By her own admission, she is not a runner, but I would not have believed that after the first 8:48 mile, which is faster than I usually get on my first mile.  After that she slowed down a lot, mostly walking.  But, that's how Ben was six months ago.  So, she could do it if she wanted to.  Truth is, she may have been more interested in Ben than it running, which is why I went with them for 3.65 miles.

Then, I ran 4.41 more at an average pace of 8:38 per mile.

I ran hard today to burn off some extra calories from yesterday.  Ran 5.53 miles in 45:11, or 8:10/mile.  Of course that rate was assisted by skipping a couple of running days.

Ran with Ben after our temple trip, so it was a little later in the day.  He decided to do three and I couldn't catch him.  I averaged 8:17/mi, but he beat me by at least a minute.  Then, I went out to do 9 more.  It went well until the last mile, when I lost my energy in the hot 70 degrees sunny weather.  I almost fainted in the shower and I'm still really wiped out.  My average speed for the second 9.63 was 8:34/mile, which was pretty good.  I hope that an effort like that will reap rewards.