2:44:34. I ran a looped course down on the "flatter" trails. I did multiple loops so I could evaluate how things were feeling -- Greg gave me a wide choice today (16-20 miles depending on how I felt). I was sort of hoping to get 20, but my leg was so sore pretty much from the get-go, that I thought it was dumb to chase mileage. I finished strong and, except for the stupid leg, I felt pretty good. I am hoping John can fix me on Tuesday and I can have a strong 22 miler next weekend. We had 15 people over last night for a pre-race meal! I did not think our house would fit that many, but it was a perfect fit. And FUN. Maybe too much fun ;-). So, woweee Shalane Flanagan ran a 1:09:58 half today in Miami, according to the interview with Kara Goucher, all three of teammates (Shalane, Kara and Lisa Uhl -nee Kohl) trained through this race, with 120 miles last week, horrible flights into Miami, and no rest. This is boding really well for my prediction that Shalane will win the womens race at the trials (Kara ran a 1:12:59 and Lisa ran a 1:15:24). The men's winner ran a 1:05:38 (Simon Bairu) with Brent Vaughn a close second 1:05:41 (this is 3 minutes off his PR, btw) and then Tim Nelson rounded out the top three in 1:07:44 -- by the way, all three of these guys are also teammates training with Schumacher in Portland. Hope you are all doing well!!
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