jogged out to the meetup spot and met Brian for a 15 mile long run. He was recovering from the flu and was coming back into running. He came with me all the way to the turn around though. we started slow than began cruising 6:40s after the turn around he was hurting so I slowed the pace a bit and decided to lay the hammer down on the pace at 11 miles and Brian took off to his own run. Besides that massive-ass quarter mile hill on Harvard street that slowed my time I did a good job of speeding up. There were packs and packs of resolution runners this morning. I was out on a long run pushing the pace in the last two miles when I come closer to a dude who was smaller than I am and who was running super efficiently and was clearly no resolution runner. I mentioned that most people weren't easily running 6:20s out here when he revealed that he was a 4:04 collegiate miler for some school in Missouri. A dude that was on a whole different level than my after work hobby excursions. You never know who you will meet out on the trails around here. Felt tougher and stronger today. Must have been that Cliff bar I ate an hour before the run. splits: 7:17, 7:19, 6:41, 6:42, 6:40, 6:40, 6:40, 6:45, 6:39, 6:50, 6:51, 6:26, 6:33, 6:22, 6:58 |