Met up with Mark this morning at Longleaf. My legs felt really sore from the time I got up to the minute we started running. In classic Mark P style, we started out at a blazing 9:48/mile pace... and it felt wonderful! That first mile was almost like a message on my legs. I guess I'm so used to going out at 8:20 or below that I just don't really warm up properly anymore. Our second mile was only 30 or 40 seconds faster and then we settled into what became a fairly consistant pace right around 8. As we progressed into the run we kept dipping into the mid to high 7's. Our last four miles were: 7:58, 7:38, 7:19, 7:24. Fastest 16 miler I've done in years.
Time: 5:55 M Total Time: 2:10:43 (8:05 avg)
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