AM: (8 miles, 1:12:xx). 8 x 100 m strides. Was running late so I had to do my strides during the last mile of my run today. PM: (4 miles). Ran in the dark at Tempe Town Lake. So, Dean had a grant meeting up in Phoenix (at TGEN). The plan was I would go up with him and go see John the Magic ART guy, find a nice coffee place and work for a few hours and then pick Dean up and take him to John on our way home. John was way overbooked, so I went to his office and then rebooked my appointment for later when Dean was finished with his meeting. The coolest thing? As I was walking into Johns office I see another woman going in the door, I swear, she looked EXACTLY like Kim Smith ... well, I sat next to her in the waiting room, and I knew it was her (she looks like she weighs like 90 lbs soaking wet, btw)! Very cool. Just as a bit of history, Kim Smith won NCAA cross-country, indoor 5K and outdoor 10K in 2005, she lost to Shalane Flannagan in 2006. She has the NZ record in the 3K, 5K and 10K. She just ran the New Orleans 1/2 marathon in 1:07 and some change (her first 1/2) and is training in Phoenix for the London marathon. She is very nice. John has a runner for ASU (she is a 10K runner) working in the front office and the three of us talked for a while about running, about how much we hate 5K's, and how much we like 10K's. She (Kim) was hoping to find some ASU men or elite men runners to help pace her in a 10 mile tempo run today (her pace is too fast for even most of the women on the ASU track team - her 10K PR is 30:35). So cool. I stayed and chatted with her until John was ready for her. Very fun. It was a long day, we did not get home until nearly 10PM. I hope you all had productive, happy running today! Sorry about the stupid course snafu at Rex 10K. I would be so mad!
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