Met the FWRC group this morning. Perfect weather 55 degrees. Started out with quite a bit of a larger group but quickly whittled down to Lindsay, Melissa, Emily, Ashley, Elise and myself. Emily dropped off early on and then Ashley turned around at mile 6. This week has taken its toll and I was tired and up and down during the run. I used the POP just before mile 6 and had to run on my own for the next two miles and really struggled getting back in gear. Once we hit the water stop at 9.5 we decided to run hard for the next two miles and recover easy until the end. Everyone took off and after about .25 I looked down and we were doing 6:45 and for me that is not sustainable, so I dropped back quickly. We tried to recover and that was short lived for about 1.5 and then we picked it back up until the last mile that was spent, winding and looping to get to 15. Splits: 8:43, 7:49, 7:49, 7:41, 7:41, 7:57, 8:03, 7:40, 7:30, 7:24, 7:21, 7:32, 7:52, 7:56, 8:27 Avg Pace: 7:50
Compared to last week, the effort felt much harder and was less consistent but based on this week, probably reasonable. We spent a lot of time discussing long runs and that for runs longer than 15, we need to be slowing down.......We all agreed, but I am not sure it will actually happen. For most of us, this is the highlight of our running week. It will be interesting to see how the mileage compares, they are all running White Rock and I am running Houston. Also, different philosophies on how long & how many long runs to do. Lots of thoughts of everyone running St. George today and I am anxious to read race reports! CONGRATS to Marcie and a 2:52!! So excited for her!
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