Ethan Cannon

7:03 pace. Down to Hoover area.

7:02 pace on a super beautiful rainy and warm Oregon day. Going past Aerial Heights and then winding my way down barely to get to the valley floor, that pace is almost hard to believe (that it's not slower). 

Apparently only 7:18 pace on a similar but even more tactically flat course than yesterday. Seems odd. 

Ran with Adam today. We started out going faster than I feel comfortable with, but apparently only ran 7:30ish pace overall which surprised me.

6:47 pace (surprisingly) past the church onto the bike path. Maybe extra surprising given how sick my daughter was which meant I had an awful sleep the night before.  

Ran (a different way) to the bike path and started my workout at the mile marker at the top of the hill. A painful 7:20 pace on the way back and chill 6:49 pace on the way there (4.68 miles each way). Did 10 miles hard. Was going to try for marathon pace (5:16) but that seemed a little daunting. Then I thought I should try to keep it under 5:30s, but that seemed uninspiring. A couple miles in, I considered the last time I did a 10 mile workout here (12/30/20). At the time I considered it an amazing workout, so I still remember each split. I decided to keep track of how I was doing and see how long I could go before getting "passed" by my 2-years-ago self (because that was a progressive run, I knew I would have the lead early on- e.g. first mile was 5:22 this time compared to 5:50 last time). This helped me stay focused and push hard. Splits: 5:22, 5:26, 5:23, 5:21, 5:24, 5:16, 5:19, 5:12, 5:14, 5:11. (Apparently there is 100 feet elevation gain on the way out though you can't really tell). According to my mental calculations, I was actually able to finish at (what I thought was) the exact same second as I did on that previous workout. Overall: 53:14 or 5:19 pace. One one hand, that was pleasantly surprising after how I felt the first couple miles. On the other hand, the olympic trials seem woefully out of reach after a performance like this. Once again I chickened out from taking my GU during the workout, but I did do it while actually running during my cool down. The ground was wet and a bit slippery due to the rain, but wind was not a major issue. 

Also- last run of 2022! 3168 miles is pretty much tied for 3rd highest year ever.