14 mile run today average pace of 6:42 overall. Ran relaxed the whole way. I had my wife drop me off and I ran 14 miles in one direction. First 7 miles was easy and moving along a 7:00-7:05 pace. At this point I wanted to gradually pick it up to waht felt like marathon pace for six miles with the goal of each mile getting faster. I was able to do so rather comfortably even though I was running into a stiff head wind the whole 14 miles. Mile splits from 8-13 miles were: 6:45, 6:30, 6:20, 6:14, 6:05, 5:50. Cooled down last mile in 6:55. Overall felt decent today and in control the whole way. Never felt like I was really pushing even with the stiff headwind at times. Hopefully this is a sign that things are better and maybe I can have a good week of training this week. Congrats to everyone that ran in Salt Lake today. Sasha and Steve were both in top five in the 1/2 and full, way to go!
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