11 Miles in Sunny Santa Monica!

Well, I had to travel to Santa Monica for business and was going to miss our 11 mile group run - so I brought my trusty running partner (and coincidentally also my husband) along for the trip. He entertained himself Friday while I was at work, and then Saturday morning the two of us set out for our 11 mile run/walk. Here's a link to the course that I picked: http://funonfoot.fileburst.com/routes/USLA1.pdf. You'll note that the course is 5.7 miles one way.

The backdrop to this ... I missed BOTH of my training runs (30-45 minutes) during the previous week. One due to sheer tiredness, and the other because my luggage did not arrive with me Wednesday, so Thursday morning I had no running shoes or clothes. By the time my luggage came Thursday I was already at work. Sigh ....

Note to self - it's not a good idea to run 11 miles, when you haven't run at all for a week. What happened, you may ask? Read on MacDuff.