Tonight we went around Lake Calhoun. I was scheduled to do 5 miles but went around twice and so it was more like 6.2 miles. It went a lot better than Saturday's long run and I met even more amazing team members. There are so many great people participating in TNT and I can only imagine what camaraderie there will be by the end of the season. After the run a group of us went out for some dinner at Noodles and it was great to hear my mentor talk about her dating adventures. You can tell that the people who came back to the program as mentors have a friendship from the previous season/s together.
Another great thing was that I found out one of the other participants is a doctor and so he gave me some tips on why my knees and calves have been sore and what kind of exercises I should do. I guess I really need to build up more of my quads and so it looks like I'll be forming a new friendship with stairs :-) I also really need to focus on stretching even more than I already do. The other thing that happened tonight was I realized why the mentors and coach stress the importance of Body Glide. I saw two girls that were bleeding at the end of the run and it hurt just looking at it. Just say no to blisters and chaffing.
