Met up with one of my former XC and Track runners, Ben Powell, to run some of the marathon course. I have this crazy idea to try and break 2:30 again. Ben ran 2:38 last year for his first marathon and he has the same goal. Should be interesting.
We started at the top of Veyo Hill. The plan was to do a progression run. I really wanted to focus on the latter part of the run with at least 6 miles of solid progression. The temps were absolutely perfect. We started and just were enjoying a good conversation and talking about fun stuff. We were working on sub 6:30 miles for a while and it felt surprisingly comfortable. Got to the top of Winchester and started moving. I ended up doing 7 miles of solid progression. 6:30, 6:24, 6:04, 5:55, 5:46, 5:32, and 5:25. Cooled a little to the finish line. Ended up with a 6:35/mile overall. Probably one of my best runs in a long time. Very happy considering that it was a busy and long week. Happy to end the week with this. Huge confidence boost.
On a side note, we had 8 roadkills. Now time for staying awake during Conference.
|