Early morning run with the Slug Club, same Beach Drive route as usual. I met up with the three best guys for me to run with of the group: Mike, Ernie and Dale. Mike and Ernie are triathletes who can run sub-3 marathons, Dale ran a 1:21 half a few weeks ago. I was glad to have caught them as they were leaving. They were going out for 14, which was fine with me. We started about 7:30 pace or so on the way out, by the turnaround at mile 7 we were doing between 7:15 and 7/min. miles. There were a few 6:50 mixed in as we came back, there's a slight downhill grade on the return and we were pulling. There was some good-natured complaining, but I think everyone was actually pretty happy about the pace. Right arch was fine, legs felt good almost the whole way (a little fatigue and breakdown at the finish, but nothing I didn't expect). I felt strong and loose, we kept conversation going the whole way, which is encouraging at that distance and pace. Overall a pretty great way to end the week. I'll look to go over 40 miles next week, should be fine since Monday's a holiday and gives me a bit more time. supernova -- 123
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