Planned this run for the half marathon course - flat, straight and boring. Its a half hour drive out to the course as well. Opted instead for my regular trail routes and was pleased with it. Certainly hillier, twistier and slower than I'll be running in a couple weeks, but I averaged 8:19 pace and did the tenth mile at fastest pace in 7:53. Ran very conservatively and felt I could easily go another three. |