April 25, Starting the weekday runs

Soon, we started running on weekdays too. How this works is mentors handle small groups. Mentors specify what time and place they handle( Cupertino on Mon/Thu mornings, Sunnyvale on Mon/Thu evenings etc). And other runners see which works best for them and join one of these groups. Most of the training is done with these groups. So, I somehow managed to get up at 6ish and got to the place i was supposed to meet my group roughly on time. After introductions and muddling names with faces, we set off on a short run on a very cold california morning. After warming up a bit, we did our stretches that were still a bit unfamiliar. Then, some more running. And then some stretches. And then home. Now, if this seems like a lot of running, rest assured it was not. We ran about 500 metres, stretched, then ran around a mile at most at a very slow and relaxed pace, then stretched. And that was it.

And that was the routine. Run monday and thursday mornings, and then run slightly longer distances with the whole group on Saturdays. Slowly, the miles on Mon/Thu went up (to 2.5 miles as of now), but at a very reasonable level. And the saturday runs were based on the marathon people were running. People running SFO half had more running to do than people running the Silicon Valley full. This is because the SFO half is on Aug 3 while the SV full is on Oct end. So, for the SV marathon, my miles around the first week of august would only be 10 or so. So, people running the SV marathon had a few extra weeks.