Thursday Night Run!

Last night was my third Thursday night meeting up with some of my DFMC team members at Crossroads bar for our weekly run! A little less of a turn out than last week but still GREAT for so early in the season. Half the group split for the hills - which I am dreading, and probably won't make an appearance on for another couple months - and the rest of us did the 4-mile Charles loop. With my new reflector snap bracelets glowing on either arm, I hit the trail with Andrew, Tyler, and some new teammates I had just met. Tyler and I ran together and he definitely pushed me to go fast! I'd say we ran the loop in under 30 minutes - which, to me, is VERY fast! I was grateful he stayed at my pace and we got to chat along the way. After that I stretched for a couple minutes, and went back out on the trail again, this time alone. I retraced my path and ended up running another 3-miles at a much slower pace. It was so nice out - the city looked beautiful and it was really relaxing to be out on the path. I was surprised at how many people were out running in the dark - probably because it was about 55 degrees out, which is balmy for Boston in mid-November! Thank God the rain held off until today (it's pouring out right now, but the clouds are moving quickly so we should be sunny and 60 shortly!).
After the run we all changed out of our running close and crowded around the bar where they filled our glasses and gave us FREE pizza! Nothing better than pizza and beer after a long, hard run ;) It wasn't long after that the BU students stormed the upstairs for games of beer pong and darts - and our space was quickly turned into a college party - which was fine... but next time Andrew and I have decided to show the BU students our skills on the beer pong table !
Unfortunately, the running group won't get together again for another 2 weeks because next Thursday is Thanksgiving, but we're all running short road races that day instead! I can't wait to run the Turkey Trot 4-miler in Portland with my family.