I ran with Jenny this morning. She wanted to get in some faster miles so I was going to pace her for 4 miles and try and keep the pace between 7:45 and 8:00. It was a bit warmer and humid then it had been the last few days - more back to normal for around here. We warmed up for one mile, then bumped up the pace. I had some trouble keeping the pace steady since my garmin pace seemed to be jumping around. First mile seemed ok and the start of the second mile was pretty good but just after finishing the second mile things were not going so well. Jenny was starting to lag a bit, I said let's just finish up the third mile. She was able to hang on and then kept on going after 3 miles. I thought she might finish the 4th mile, too, but instead said let's get to 3.5 miles. The last 0.5 was at a faster pace, about 7:30ish. So, I wasn't able to give her the boost I had hoped for, but it was still a pretty good run. In cooler weather, I don't think this pace/distance would have been a problem. I'll have to work on my pacing ability also, knowing when to say encouraging things without being annoying, I was a bit too quiet while we were running. After running 6.25 miles together, Jenny called it a run, and I continued on a little bit longer and ended up with 8.6 miles total. Average pace: 8:19
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