Progression run - 9 miles with the last 20 minutes moderate. 6:48 am, 50-57° F, humidity 37-24%, winds calm, not too sunny. Michelle and I did the same run that we did last Saturday, but we were a little bit faster for the whole run than we were last Saturday. This was our last run together for a few weeks because she's running UVM next Saturday and then is still out of town the Saturday after that. But she said today that she's thinking of running the Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon in August, so that means she'll keep running throughout the summer, which makes me happy. The plan says to run the last 20 minutes moderate, and we probably ran a moderate pace for 10 or 15 minutes, but then it got pretty hard at the end. I think by the last 1/4 of a mile we were running around a 7:00 pace. I know that's an easy pace for some of you (jun), but that's a hard pace for me, especially at the end of 9 miles. After we were done I wasn't able to take the time to do my normal stretch routine. I had to hurry home and take a shower and then take my boys to youth conference and then go to my daughter's gymnastics class. This was her last class of this session. For the next session, she'll be having class on Tuesday evenings, so it won't impact my Saturday running. This afternoon I've got to take my oldest boy to the airport. He's going to Boise for 8 weeks for a math internship. AP: 9:28. Splits: 10:06, 9:43, 9:31, 9:25, 9:46, 9:46, 9;43, 8:59, 8:15.
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