Friday night at the Running Room

Runners have run days.  Although our mileage may change from week to week, as a general rule our run days don’t.  We may get crazy and live on the edge once in a while and change the time of day we put our runs in, but for the most part we are creatures of habit.  I am a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday runner.

I look forward to Friday night all week.  Friday night involves going out for dinner (my Mum started a tradition long ago that she didn’t cook on Friday night, I am all over that tradition) a little wine, plenty of water and getting to bed early because I run on Saturday mornings.

I had never thought about running on Friday night until Theresa invited me to The Running Room to speak to her 5km running group about the importance of cross training.  When I arrived at the store I was really shocked to see just how many people run on this particular night of the week.  I met Theresa and her group at the front of the store and chatted for a few minutes while the beginner group finished up their weekly lecture at the back of the store.  I found out that not only does the group run on Friday night, they also put in their long run on the same night, now that is hardcore!

Once the beginner group was done, we made our way to the back of the store to start our talk.  My talk lasted 30 minutes (I could have talked for hours on this subject) we covered cardio cross training, strength training, core training and of course stretching. The group made me feel really welcome, they were super upbeat and asked lots of questions.

Thanks for having me out Theresa, next time I will bring my running gear.