Believe to Achieve

Ran to Kim's at 525 am to meet Kim and Melanie for a 10 mile run (ended up 11.3) with Kim for her taper before Boston and added on with Melanie for her to get 15 and I would run home to put me at 15.5.  A  funny thing happened to me on my way to Kim's.   It tells you how sleep deprived I am,. I ran right into a pile of dirt in the road.  Someone had it there for their  yard.  I was like running a few steps up into it before noticing the soft gushy feel of it getting into my sneakers and quickly turning and sliding off it getting more dirt into my shoes.  What the heck?  Whatever.  More dirt to follow on my 50 miler so I better get used to it. We ran uphill for three miles to the canal by Lone Peak and headed south on it to 1100 north where we turned down for a couple of MP miles.  The canal we were limited on speed as neither of us had on a headlamp and we couldn't see pot holes and we can't afford a twitsted ankle.  As we neared 1100 north daylight was upon us.  We were trying to run JUST MP not faster so I cautioned my speedy friends to tone it down and let it feel easy.  Kim and I chatted away which is probably why those splits were about 7- 710.  Mel was a few paces ahead.  The last 1/4  or mile after we got up to Melanie., Melanie told us to push hard to our finish line which we put as the new traffic lights placed just passed AF hospital road on 1100 north.  I am thinking my garmin is on one because it says my maximum pace hit today was 4:18 mile!!!!!!!??????  How long must a person be at a pace when the garmin makes this calculation?  I was pushing hard to follow Kim and stay up with her so MAYBE I was there for a split second : }    Anyway we took it down a notch after those three miles and got to Kim's  house making it  12.4 miles for me then  Melanie did an easy two mile loop at mid 8s going back to Kim's ( she lives on a hill BTW so I was getting some good hillwork here).  I  then ran home and ended with a quick pace, last 1/2 mile at 6:56.  I felt better here than I did going down 1100 north.  Total mile 15.5 at 8:06 avg. Ummmm hit OVER 70 miles this week and this is my awful work week working those 5 night shifts in 7 nights.  I feel so good. 70 is my magic number.  I think I will try for this every three weeks or so.  I haven't run over 70 since late November/early December.