Catch me if you can

Cheris picked me up and we met at Michelle M.'s house.  We did the usual 10 mile loop.  Average pace 9:27.

I've wanted to do the Boston simulator run on the treadmill for a while.  I was inspired by Teena.  I rented 17 again and turned the fan on.  It was a good run.  It didn't seem as hard as it did before Boston.  I'm hoping that's good news.

7 easy miles.  Average pace 9:10.

I met the BBK's at Bingham.  We warmed up for 3.1 miles.   Then we headed to the track.  We ran one more easy mile with a few speed changes on the last 2 laps.  Then it was time for 8 x 800's.  My splits were 3:28, 3:26, 3:25, 3:26, 3:28, 3:26, 3:25, and 3:25.  I recovered slowly for 500 meters between each set.  I ran the first 6 with Nancy R. and the last 2 by myself.    These were tough but I think I could've done a few more if I had too. 

3 easy miles by myself.  Average pace 9:10.

I really wanted to get 8 marathon paced miles in, so I talked Jerry into running with me this morning.  We met Cheris, Michelle M., Jody, Nancy R. and Alan at Cheris' house at 5:30.  We ran 2 warm up miles down to the trail.  Jerry and I took off and ran the next 4 miles just above an 8 minute pace.  There was a strong South wind.  The others weren't far behind.  We turned around and ran mostly together on the way back.  Jerry talked Jody's ear off about baseball.  I think he really enjoyed the run.  Hopefully that means he will run with us more often.  We cooled down the last 2 miles.  It was a great run.  I felt really good.  My splits were 9:11, 9:08, 8:05, 8:07, 8:06, 8:17(This mile was slower because we were on 14400 and I moved over for a few cars to pass.), 7:49, 7:49, 7:27, 7:47, 8:37 and 9:11.