Warmed up a little over a mile and ran the founders day course hard with the team. Pretty much race effort outside of cheering on the kids, I ran 16:38 and I think maybe I could have run 16:20-16:25 if I'd raced all out. So I'm a out 30 seconds slower than I was in June, which sucks a little because in June I'd been taking it easy for like a month due to my it band acting up. But I suppose that what I get for 3 months of averaging 35 mpw or the equivalent. Still, I'm in far better shape than I was in this time last year. Not a bad spot to be at and I know my body will respond quickly to the mileage increase I'm about to do. |