Loooong run

Arggg... I already wrote this and then it got deleted when i hit some magic button. You all know how much I love writing so here it goes again....

On Saturday I went my for a long run with the running club and the only problem is that there's a front group that takes off too fast for me at the start then a huge gap and everyone else. Guess where I fit in... that's right in the Hugh gap there's Beth! Well so far I've been lucky to find at least one other person to run with, though i had to push myself to keep up so that i wouldn't get lost (ran 7 minute pace for 10miles than die for the last 3). During this long run the guy i run with wasn't there and i was all by myself. At the first water stop I saw the front pack leaving just as I arrived, so i wasn't far behind them. After I got done with the water I started running in their direction and i though i knew how to at least get to mile 7, the second water stop. But i missed the first turn and was lost for a mile, when i found the right path there were lots of people running, but a lot slower than i was. I made it to the second water stop, but everyone that would have ran at my pace already left and so it was hard to also find someone who wanted to run more than 10 miles. Finally this old man said he'll do 13 miles, so i ran with him at a slow pace. after a mile or 2 we saw a couple of people going a different direction and the old man told me to catch up to them b/c they are running longer than 13. So I did, i left the old man and ran up to this couple. I asked them how far they were going and they told me 18 miles!!!!! Oh no i thought, i only wanted to run 14-15miles maybe 16. Now if it were possible they were running slower than the old man, and i could not survive running that long for that slow and they said it would take them around 3 hours to run this. When we reached the 3rd water stop a man popped out from another trail. Thank God he came, b/c he was running much much faster and only going 16.5 miles. So when i finally got done I ran over 17 miles! and it took me 2:19. so I'll defiantly be prepared the our 2 hour long runs and that 3.1 mile race is going to see like nothing!!

Ok the the computer was acting realllly weird when I was trying to type this...

Beth