1:49:04 (56:26/52:34). Yippee. Averaged 9:00 pace on the way out and 8:30 on the way back. I did find that I have been running my runs this week a little on the fast side, which was good to know because I was hoping 9 min pace would feel easier than it felt yesterday. I will have to readjust my internal garmin as I build my mileage back up again. I was a little uncertain how it would feel today, seeing how I haven't run any longer than about 8 miles since the marathon. I wanted to make sure I kept it really easy for the first 1/2; once I turned around I was feeling good and the pace just picked up naturally. It was good to see that 2 miles is 2 miles again (instead of that time-warped 10 mile-like 2 miles of the marathon ;-) ). I got out just in time today, the weather was tolerable about 70F at the start of the run and 86F at the end. One thing I forgot to mention yesterday is that is one of my favorite times of the year bloggers - there are basically two time of the year that are awesome -- indoor track season and outdoor track season!! for about a month in the winter and a month in the late spring I can watch track ON TV every weekend! yea! This weekend was the Reebok grand prix and so many people made the A qualifying standard for the World Championships in August. Which is good for them because now they can train for the championships and not chase the standard ... but there is still more great races to come over the next few weeks, the next one being the Prefontaine meet next weekend in Eugene! Highlights of yesterdays meet: 3 men in the 5K ran faster than HAD EVER BEEN RUN on US soil!! Bernard was second with a 13:03 -- did not break the AR of 12:58 but still a PR for him. The womens races were spectacular, Christin Wurth-Thomas ran the fastest 1500 so far this year with a gutsy kicking lead with 600 meters to go ... she decimated the field. And wow, Linet Masai (Kenya) beat Tirunesh Dibaba by 5 seconds, she looked good the whole way and just kept pulling away with every stride - this was the first race that Dibaba has lost since the world xc championships (she won gold in both the 5 and 10K in Beijing). Ahhhhh .... it was a great evening. Which was good since I worked about 9 hours yesterday and was brain-dead in the evening ... Off to work I go! Happy rest of the weekend bloggers! One more thing -- in reference to Carolyn in Colorado's blog post earlier this week ... Pete Magill has some interesting advice on running longevity (specifically for us older runners, but good read nonetheless). I love his blog ... although he does have a funny list of marathon tips that starts off with "don't run one" ;-) ok, now I really do have to get back to work.
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