http://is.gd/cDTkd Today I went and ran with the Fort Worth Running Company training group. They meet several times a week and they follow their training plan. I have decided to join them for a Saturday run, it gives me a chance to meet other runners and run with a pack.

I had two choices, run with the 8:00/mile pace group and run 8 miles with them or run with three other guys who were going to run 12 miles, start out at 7:50 and bring it down to 7:15 by the end. I chose this group.

First mile was 7:33 and we caught up with the 8:00 group and I was thinking about jumping ship as 7:30 was getting a bit too much in terms of an easy long run. But I ran the second mile at 7:41 and I decided to hang with them.

We stopped 4 times at water stops which is not something I've ever done before. The Fort Worth Running Co. puts water out on the trail which is nice. I usually just bring my own in my Camelbak but having water on the trail is certainly nice. I have signed up with them for the rest of the program that goes throughout the fall. I'll be joining them every Saturday for a long run.

Mile splits for the run:
07:33
07:41
07:30
07:32
07:27
07:21
07:22
07:28
07:19
07:20
07:23
07:15

All in all it was a pretty good run and I'm really looking forward to running with them again next weekend.