Check out our Stage 1 map.
9 miles down, 402 or so to go! And the good news is that even though we're still in Massachusetts, only about 7 1/2 miles to go and we'll officially be in Vermont. Woo hoo!
We ran this first leg, fittingly, as what I'm calling a Sweetheart Run. First, today is our 32nd anniversary of our first hot date (I'll refrain from details; suffice it to say, it was memorable for both of us. ) So how cool to be running together, starting this adventure, on this particular day. Second, the planets aligned just right pace-wise. I needed to do a 9 mile marathon pace run, while Steve wanted to do about 13 at long, slow distance pace. A match made in heaven, pace-wise! Since both of us are used to running alone, it's nice every now and then to have company.
It did make me wonder how we will find a mutually agreeable pace for the Tour, because my slow pace is pretty slow for Steve. I'm thinking he can scamper on up ahead, then loop back every now and then to check on me and chat me up. He'll end up logging some extra miles, but he's tough - he can take it.
He Says: What a great day! The best is that we actually started and even though we haven't yet even reached Vermont we are on our way. It's also cool that the first is on the 32nd anniversary of our first date!
It's a little logistically hard to coordinate our respective Boston training with running together but we'll have fun working that out. Lizzy is running really strong with still 9 weeks to go to Boston.
I like the concept of photos from our routes and Lizzy even worked out how to imbed them on the blog site.
I suspect runs will be a bit spaced out over the next couple months what with training, XC skiing and weather issues but we have as long as we want. I'm looking forward to a 2 or 3 day long trek sometime this summer.
ONWARD!
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