The world is still night Out of the darkness, a light! Running buddy's here. Kind of lame haiku today, but I'll get better. This morning's running assignment was 90 minutes or 10 miles, first 75 minutes at EZ pace and last 15 at threshold pace. Garmin pace information was not working so well, so we ran it by feel, and screwed it up a bit. We were aiming for 9-9:15 EZ pace and 8:14 threshold. Overall, too fast, splits of 8:59, 8:38, 9:16, 9:43, 8:35, 8:52, 8:59, 9:19, 8:08, 8:06. Still, a great run, last two miles felt hard! I felt great after, and went to work at a local race. Saw some other people running and having fun. HERE'S the funny part: I washed all my running shoes and in doing so removed all their insides. This morning, I just shoved a pair on my feet and ran. My form felt very good on this run and no knee pain in spite of three days running outdoors (a total of four runs). About an hour after my run, I slipped my shoes off, and noticed that I ran without replacing the insides of my shoes - and I didn't even notice! A blonde moment for sure. Signed up for the Chuckanut 50K this morning too! Registration opened at 8am and it fills up FAST. So I timed my run to be done by 7:30 and sitting with friend in front of computer by 8am, sharp. We're both in! Excited.
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