11 miles at interurban trail with Lisa, Denali, and Jordanne (in combinations). Okay, so next weekend I have to run 20 miles in about 29 hours, and between yesterday and today I ran 19 miles in about 24 hours. Not the same, and its in place of a double run, but close, and a good preparation workout I think. 5:20pm. Got there 10 minutes early so did 1 mile alone before meeting Jordanne and Lisa (Jordanne is amazing and ran 13 today!). Then did 3 more miles with them for a total of 4. 6:30pm. Did the Interurban Running Club's Summer Sizzler 5k (it costs $5 and there were about 25 people there, including only 7 women!). My plan was to push Denali and pace Lisa to a hard PR we can use for planning speed workouts to get her to a sub 2 half marathon. EPIC FAIL. I suck at pacing and paced too hard and she stopped halfway and took Denali. I'M SO SORRY LISA! I felt sooo bad, I wasn't trying to kill her, I swear, I was trying to just stay a little bit in front of her to push her. I'm the worst. Anyway, then there was a woman like a quarter of a mile ahead of me so of course I decided I should catch her. I did, but then I started feeling so hot and tired and just wanted to be done and you could see the finish line from so far away, it was taunting you! They said I got 1st overall female but I swear this 16 year old beat me. My first first place? Who cares there were only 7 of us! :-) TT: 23:43 AP: 7:38 Splits: 8:20, 6:46, 7:47, 7:26 (.11) My watch said 2.94 but they said it was certified and Jordanne's watch showed 3.1 so somehow those splits work out, obviously the 2nd mile is wrong. Then we did 1 more mile, then Jordanne left, then I did one more mile with Lisa, then she left, and then I did 2 more miles on my own (kind of sketchy at sunset on the trail alone though) to round it out at 11. After the race my calf/ankle was SO tight and I felt pretty bad the last 4 miles! But we did it! **UPDATE. After checking my past races I guess 23:43 was a PR by 10 seconds. I guess that means I should register for and train for a real 5K, because a real PR might be in my future. This assumes this was a real 5k and not really 2.94 miles, which I think is a big IF!
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