This evening my friend Ken Bechtel joined me for my 10 miles run outside of Denver at 10,000ft. Ken walked across the country with me last year for the Steps Across America program. It was great to see him because last year he was walking only and had just started to think about running. Now a year later after running a full marathon he is running 9 minute miles with ease. Our run was mostly through the top of the mountain but tapered off and began to descend at about mile 4 mile. Also during this run I was joined by Victor and another guest runner which was a soccer player. They ran most of the time right behind me until mile 5 and then they stepped up ahead. It was definitely a change running with 3 other people next to me since I normally run alone since I have been out here. It kind of felt like a fun run 10 miles race. Towards the end of this run at about mile 8 we ran on all trails which was really nice because there was no traffic. At about 9.5miles I said to my friend Ken “ we should be done in about 4:30min.” After about another 2 minutes we could see the blinking lights of the pilot car awaiting us. At the end of the run he just looked at me and said “some things never change, you can still tell each mile with in 30 seconds time.” I just smiled at him and said “I might not be fast but I know when it is time to stop running!"

Song for the day-“Running with the night” band Robert Earl Keen