Positive Running

Ran 13.1 miles at an average pace of 7:08/mile, and placed 1st in my age group.  I thought there was a problem with the initial results that showed Tom Stuart finishing a minutes ahead of me when I knew he finished just a few seconds behind me.  I passed him at about 1.5 miles to the finish line.  But I was OK with the race because it was just a pre-Boston training run.  Then, tonight I saw that the results had been corrected with the time I saw at the finish line (Gun TIme) and that my Garmin recorded that I started with the Gun Start. 

It was a cold and wet run, on a hilly course.  There were 101 runners in my Age Group.  I feel great and will be back on my training schedule on Tuesday. Also, prior to the race, I warmed up on the TM at the office gym by running 1.6 miles starting at 8:48/mile and increasing my speed by 0.3 mph every 0.2 miles so that my last 0.2 miles were at 6:53/mile.

As a recovery run, did 9 miles on the TM in 75 minutes, followed by a 0.3 mile walking cool-down.

Ran 12 miles in 94:15 on the TM wearing my Mizuno Ronin 3s.  Ran the first 7 miles in 56:50, and the last 5 miles in 37:25 (most of that at 7:19/mile).  Finished with a 0.3 mile cool down.

Ran 8.05 miles in 60 minutes on the TM at LA Fitness in Cherry Hill, followed by a 0.25 mile cool-down. Later walked around the Philadelphia Art Museum to see the Kano ink on gold sketchings, and around Philadelphia's Chinatown district.