20 miles down the STG marathon course. Started about 3 miles above Veyo and ended at the church right when you enter town. Then 1 mile cool down. First 10 miles in 1:08:55 or 6:53 avg min mile pace. We started with Bill, James, Logan and myself. By Veyo Logan and I were running a little faster than James and Billy boy so we ended up splitting up. We didn't push the pace but ran nice and honest keeping things rolling along. I decided to do a little "mapping" if you will. I measured all the uphill sections from where we started to where we finished. This is basically the meat and potato's of the course. There is a little hill right around the start and I'm guessing it's around .5 from start to crest. But then there isn't anything with any up hill grade past the church to the finish. So the big one's are of course Veyo at 1.05, Dameron isn't as steep but much more pesky at 2.65 miles, Winchester Hill is longer than I ever realize at .90 and then a bunch of other shorter stuff to make a total of 5.65 miles of up hill grade- with the hill in the first mile of the course that is well over 6 miles of up hill and most of it isn't easy 1%. Anyways I'll post this and more on the discussion board we are having about UV and it's comparison to STG. Second 10 miles I wanted to push the pace but not kill my legs. 57:00 and around 5:43 min mile avg. I felt good and had the best run of the week or since last Fridays 31 miler. I never tried to hammer it but more so just kept a solid, smooth, forward stride rolling along. Nothing to make a movie about but a solid workout for mid April. I should be in ok shape for UV and by Oct I hope to be ready for a good race. Nice morning out- sunny blue skies with a little tailwind on the first 7 or so and then a little headwind for the remaining 13ish. | 