Early morning on Beach Drive. It's cooled down, and was as perfect a morning as you'll get. 60 or so, cloud cover, light breeze. Maybe a really 'perfect' morning wouldn't mean a 20-miler though. So perfect for running, how about that. Just under 15 minutes for the first two, we really wanted to keep a handle on the pace, particularly on the way out. Didn't quite happen, but we weren't too far off. Splits: 14:52 (1,2), 7:06, 7:09, 6:52 (whoops), 7:12 (ok, better), 7:01, 7:15, 7:53 (that's a long mile, so the next one is always fast), 7:20 (yep, since that's on an uphill), 7:10, 7:35, 7:03, 8:10 (the long one, plus I threw in a bathroom break with adds two blocks on to that mile), 7:10, 7:09, 7:24. 7:00, 7:36, 7:22 So other than a few outliers early on, we were fairly consistent with a pace I'd like to be near in the race. This other guy Henry met us at 13 or so and joined for the last seven. Didn't feel much fatigue from Thursday or the week's miles, so that was good. Fitness-wise I felt really strong at the end, though my hips, hamstrings and feet were breaking down some. But I expected that. So overall a confidence-building run, and an enjoyable time for 20 miles. 2:26:28 supernova glide -- 245
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