Mile warmup with Joe in Longleaf,
then added some people to the group (Keith, Victoria, Jammie), ran to
Diane's house, then into Starkey.
On the edge of some lightning moving
away from us (but still a little too close for comfort).
Return trip with Joe, and then picked up the last two
miles to 6:31 and 6:21 (a little better than last week).
At about 11 miles, we had been running around an 8:40 average and Joe wanted to do his last 5 miles around an 8:00 pace. I was thinking to myself it sounded hard. I'm not sure why I was thinking it and it turned out to not be a problem to pick up the pace, it had just seemed that way in my head.
Approaching the last two miles, again I had thought that trying to hit 6:30 or faster seemed impossible. The first mile started out more in the 6:40 range but I gradually improved by trying to run smoother and more relaxed. Last week when I tried this I made the first mile ok, but slowed down on the second mile. But this week was able to pick up the second mile faster than the first, so that was a small victory.
Also, thanks
to big Steve for cold gatorade top off with 2.5 miles left to go,
thanks! (he had a secret cooler tucked behind some bushes which he insisted on sharing with us).
