my mornings

This week started a new trend - Rachel and I began leaving our respective apartments (condo for more-responsible-than-me-Rachel) at 6am and meeting on the Katy Trail to run together and start our days off with a bit o' cardio. To be honest with you though it's embarassing how quickly I've lost all of the hard work and training I had accomplished this spring. Remember the months of January through April when I was running 20 -30 miles a week to train for my half marathons? Well, those days are gone. Although I ran my most recent half just over a month ago I've almost completely lost my mileage. Meaning that when I went out to run on Tuesday morning I had to stop just short of two miles and walk for a bit before finishing my 3.5 mile route. Luckily though Rachel and I have the same running habits and she's gotten out of shape too. We're good running partners because neither of us are morning people so while we do chat a bit we're both also perfectly content to run side-by-side in silence while our workout playlists are blasting away in our earbuds. We also run the same pace and have the same running goals. In summary: I love running in the mornings and I love good friends!