This morning I was supposed to get out the door 3 minutes early and my neighbor was leaving a few minutes later. We thought this would allow us to meet up at the end of the run and walk a cool down home together. I hesitated in bed a few minutes too long and left maybe 1 minute early but probably not even that. At about mile 1.5 I could see my neighbor behind me in the distance, so I tried to keep up the pace so she wouldn't pass me too soon. She caught up to me around 3.5 miles, then passed me and I couldn't keep up. She did awesome today! Her AP was 8:45 which makes me feel good because that means I was at least in the 9's and not the 10's which is a good pace right now. I was more tired at the end of the run because I had run harder then when no one was chasing me. I guess it is good motivation for her to catch me and good motivation for me to not get caught too soon. | 