oh this is going to hurt!

5 miles!, originally uploaded by Random and Odd.

I am trying to get back into the Vibrams for the winter months of running, so I took them out for a spin today on the trails.
Even though Victoria is out of town, I am still sticking to doing the couch to 5k program with her. She did her run with her cousin in Seattle. I decided to take mine up to my playground.
A few failed attempts at 22 minutes, I finally got the hang of running in my shoes on the trails again. The first two and half miles was running and waiting for Dan. He decided to start the program and he’s on week one. I never realized how short 1 minute of running was. I would find myself wayyyy ahead of him and having to stop and wait so I would have a witness to the bear or mountain lion mauling I was sure to take. He finally caught up and I decided to just do his week 1 with him and then on the way back, do my week 7 or 8…whatever I am on now.

We started out together and he held up until about a mile and half and then he started walking. I wasn’t going to stop until we got back to the bridge. And I didn’t. Two and half mile trail run without stopping. 33 minutes, but I will take it. :)

I was loving this so much and I know that next week I go back to street running so I was enjoying every single second of breathing the wonderful fall air and the red beautiful trees.