Typical Lunchtime Run

Today during lunch, 4 of us went of for an easy run, I work in lower Manhattan so the typical lunchtime route usually involves going over the Brooklyn Bridge and back to the office via the Manhattan Bridge. It's about a 4.6 mile run. Today's run was a little slower than usual since there were 2 beginner runners in the group. Nothing would hurt me more than for them to get discouraged and stop running because the people they are running with are too fast. I was happy to get them through the run at a slower pace so that they look forward to the next lunchtime run.