I ran 15 miles today all at once instead of running a double like I had originally planned, due to it being Christmas Eve and all. I finished in 1:43:33. Just under 8 miles into the run a guy came out of a side trail and was running just behind me. He was speeding up to stay just behind me, and I was not in the mood to have a guy right on my tail, so I hit the gas for a mile in order to drop him. I was surprised at how long he tried to stay with me, as he stayed on my tail for a couple hundred meters before falling back. I finished that mile in 5:03 (2:35, 2:28). It felt good, the first half mile felt like a solid half marathon pace. I slowed down after that, but I never saw the guy who was tailing me, even though I turned around and back tracked a little in order to finish at a full 15 miles. |