7 miles...check!

Last week I checked 7 miles off my list! Our TNT group met at Roosevelt Island and set out for an out and back to Reagan Airport on the Mount Vernon Trail.  I was nervous to begin the 7 miler (it is the farthest I have gone to date), but I was prepared with my sport beans, water belt, Gatorade, and running buddy.  It was the perfect fall morning for a run and the trail runs along the Virginia side of the Potomac river, making the DC skyline a nice distraction. 

Thank God for my new running buddy Colleen!  On one of our team runs a few weeks ago we discovered we are not only the same pace, but we are both from Southwest Michigan and have a lot to chat about.  We even have a few friends in common!  Colleen and I chatted our entire run to the airport and back and were finished before we knew it. 

To my surprise, 7 miles felt great!  It was the first time I felt like I could have kept running, which I'm hoping is a good sign for our 8 miler in Bethesda tomorrow.  My two wishes for tomorrow are to crank out 8 miles and get a W against MSU...I'm hoping both will come true:)