Met up with a big group this morning to go and run the marathon course. It was Steve, Mike, Wildbull, Dustin, James, Aaron, Marcie, her friend Heidi, and me. We started at the top of Veyo hill and ran back down to the finish line. Aaron took off but I decided to stay back and help James with his workout today. He wanted to do 14 miles at race pace but I talked him out of it. We kept the first couple miles nice and easy and then slowly picked up the pace. James wanted to do right at 6:15/mile but I knew naturally we would go a touch faster. Our last 11 miles went as follows: 6:21, 6:15, 6:05, 6:06, 5:58, 5:58, 5:55, 5:54, 5:49, 5:56, and 5:56. I told him not to look at his watch because I wanted to see how surprised he would be after the run. James did a great job today and it was nice running with him. Not a bad week considering I had 3 decent speed workouts. I will take it. Slowly revamping so I can hit the training hard here in a week or two. I am excited.
| 