Hello all! I'm going to jump in on this thread...hope you don't mind a party crasher! I've been running for all of 8 weeks, preparing for my first triathlon season. I really don't care for running, but suppose it is a necessary evil I ran about 7 miles last night with my triathlon training group. Totally demoralizing, as I am the slowest person in the (fast-ish) group. Everyone else is a "real" runner and it's the best I can do to hang on.

We did intervals last night, completed the 7 miles in about 1:06:00, good for me, but still way behind the others. I'm going again today for a short 3.5 miles of recovery run (we're supposed to have thunderstorms this afternoon and I'd rather get caught in the rain running than biking). Hopefully today will be better...

Sorry for the rambling!!!