I woke up early and ran with Paul H. and Clyde this morning down the marathon course. We had a few guys show up late so we ended up having to push the pace faster than I really wanted to go. I needed to get back for the high school cross country race so we stopped the car, touched our toes once and then we were off. We were around 6:30ish/mile pace for the first couple miles and then slowly picked it up. Paul H. did a great job running with us today. With just under 5 miles to go Clyde started to lay the hammer down and chew up the course a bit. I pushed it but am wanting to not overdo anything right now. I got done and averaged just about 6:25/mile overall. My quads were a little tight but that was most likely due to not having a ton of miles in the legs just yet. I am slowly feeling better each day the leg has responded quite nicely. I made it just in time to get on the bus for the meet and I ended up stretching for most of the ride up to Cedar. I did a .50 shuffle around the course to see my kids run. Nice end to the week. I will try and throw in a few more doubles next week and keep the mileage right around 70 again for next week.
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