Morning run along Beach Drive w/Henry, and a guy named Hans joined us. Rain held off, which was nice.
We started easy and slowly progressed into a decent pace. We went 8:04, 7:31, 7:16, then a 7:04 with an uphill and a quick one at 6:52 before the turn. Backed off to a 7:12 and 7:09, then another fast one, 6:47, followed by 7:02, 6:56, and a 7:25. And I somehow missed one, which is confusing. 1:19:38
The essence is it was a good tune-up one week out from the marathon, my legs felt lighter than they have in a week. And the quick miles were really smooth. A little pain/tightness in the left hip at the end of the run, but plenty of energy.
After that I went to track practice and tried to keep the girls focused through a light workout and relay practice. That was more difficult than the 12 miles. The excuses I heard on why practice should be cut short: someone needs to go to the mall, one needed to play video games, one needed to go back to sleep. Kids these days.
supernova glide -- 196
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