Eminem who?

I just ran 9.5 miles, which means I left Eminem in my dust on the home stretch...my sister and I ran around the Glenmore Reservoir this morning and it was just over 15K.  Yes, it took us over 2 hours, but it was a fantastic day, sunny and cool with the perfect breeze, and I'd never done it before. We stopped to look at herons, chipmunks, ladybugs and finches and weren't in a big hurry.

My sister, who has professional marathon training, was an excellent running partner and made us stop frequently to stretch at benches or wave our arms around like monkeys, or concentrate on breathing, none of which are things I ever do, so that was great to do.  Hopefully I'm not as sore as usual tomorrow as a result. Oh, she also smiles and says hello to everyone we pass, so she's not just a better runner, she's a nicer person!  I'm going to try to say hello to more runners on future runs and will DEFINITELY be doing the Glenmore loop again, it was beautiful!

Now I'm off to the Chinatown festival and Taste of Calgary...gotta refuel after such a long run!

Update: I ate EVERYTHING at Taste of Calgary, plus realized on Sunday that I had rubbed all the skin off my bellybutton. Eww...first running injury!