Tonight I decided to check out the group "fun run" put on by a local running shop on Thursday nights. There were 7 of us (I think) and we did about 3.5 miles. We didn't go too fast; I started out with the front group for the first mile or so, then fell behind them (I think they sped up; I may have slowed down a little as well) and was in between them and the three bringing up the rear. This was OK until I lost sight of the front people during about the last mile...we were running in an area I am not familiar with so I had a moment of "oh crap, where am I?". I ended up waitiing for one of the others to catch up since he knew where we were going. Then for some reason I had a hard time keeping up with him, even though he had been behind me the whole time prior to that! I think part of it was that he was pounding the ground rather loudly, his cadence was slower than mine, and it was messing me up a little (I think that's one reason why I sometimes have trouble running with other people). Other than that it was a pretty good run and was a nice change from the usual. Everyone was curious about my VFFs and one of the faster guys said I have good form--that was nice to hear.