First rule about running club… sorry, not the right way to start this off. Today we attended our first group run with the group that meets at the Scottsdale Running Company. This week is the official start of our training schedule so I put in 3 miles yesterday and ~6 miles today. Funny how a long day at work can be so motivational in these cases.

I ran with a couple of guys at a pace of about 8:00-8:30 miles, which is the range that I would like to run the race at. I will make a final decision in the next couple of weeks as I have put more miles and maybe after a long Saturday run. It was a nice feeling to be running with other people and Sarah also found the experience to be pretty motivating as well. She stepped it up a notch at went about 4.6 miles! The group meets Tuesday/Thursday/Saturdays and quite a few people are expected for the Saturday runs as the marathon date gets closer. Regardless, I think we found the motivation that we needed to make sure we meet our mileage.