1:50:49 (56:55/55:08) ... ok, maybe I have been running faster than I knew of late. Today we ran in our old neighborhood (because it was closer the marathon/half-marathon finish), it was nice to have mile markers again. I am very surprised to have averaged 7:54 pace today, my last 3 miles were much faster than I had anticipated 7:17, 7:21, 7:03, but man I had no idea I was running 8 min pace on the way out and sub 8 for the other miles. wow. I am sure a lot of it has to do with the fact that it is not 100F out - it is much easier to run hard when it is cool.
Andrew won the Tucson 1/2 today in 1:05:30 off of base! His key race is the 3M 1/2 in Austin in February and with 6 more weeks of training and some competition in the race (the second person in this race ran 1:10 - the field will be much deeper in Austin) it is likely he can run a 1:03 there ... it will be an interesting Spring with many of the McMillan elite team racing in marathons and 1/2 marathons. Good times. I am very excited about the upcoming Olympics, with the Oregon group, the Mammoth group and strong developmental programs (Zap, Hansons, McMillan) bearing fruit, I am hoping USA distance will be much more competititve than have been for years!
I hope you are having a restful Sunday bloggers! | 