8 miles on the 8th

Peanut butter toast and banana, and out the door to an 8-miler back at one of the locations we visited in the first weeks of the program for 4 miles. My buds from group 3, Laura and Rachel, were M.I.A. this morning so I decided to try group 4 instead. I was happy to see my friend Blythe, who just started in the half marathon program, and she also joined group 4. About half a mile into the run, all groups were about to cross over a small bridge when the sirens sounded and down came the arms - we were all stopped for a few minutes. Then later, when were heading back we heard those same sirens but a brave Blythe yelled "let's go - just go!" and we all hesitantly sprinted across the drawbridge towards safe ground. At the four-mile mark we got water and turned around and did it again. Kurtis was videotaping our group in action today for his blog. Aside from his urging us to tell jokes, at one point we were told to participate in a symphony and play make believe instruments - first the violin, then a flute, then a cello and eventually a  clarinet. (yes, he has this on film...) That'll be one interesting video. But today was fun, the girls in group 4 - Hannah, Helen, Megan, Blythe, etc. - were chatty, and the weather was great - 62 degrees with 90% humidity with an overcast sky.