I ran the Lindon loop with Larry this morning. After serving nearly five years I was released as president of the elders quorum yesterday. I thought I might be able to run faster with that burden lifted off my shoulders, but I didn't notice any real difference. At lunch I ran Eagles View with Cory and Nathan. I didn't feel like we started out very fast, but I ended up finishing only 10 seconds off my pace from two weeks ago, which was my PR for this route. As we started up the steepest hill, Nathan pulled a little ahead and I tried to stay with him. Cory was a few steps back, but as we neared the top he put on a very strong surge and went past both of us. Nathan hung on better than I did. As I crested the hill I was too tired to brake, so I carried my energy up and over, past Nathan and Cory, and on to the downhill. Nathan eventually caught me, but Cory was paying the price for his aggressive push up the hill. Nathan and I ran a 6:35/mi pace back down to State Street where he had to wait for the light. I averaged roughly a 7:00/mi pace up and down the overpasses. Nathan began to pull away on the second overpass. I decided I wanted to try to average a 7:00/mi pace the last 3/4 miles from the end of the overpasses back to the start. I only managed 7:16/mi for the 0.37 mi to where I got stopped by a traffic light again, but I surged to 6:41/mi for the last 0.36 mi, so the overall average was 6:59/mi. It was a good hard run.
Some comparative times
for this same run earlier this year are:
1/25: 39:48 (7:58/mi)
1/29: 37:58 (7:36/mi)
2/5: 39:48 (7:58/mi)
2/12: 37:53 (7:35/mi)
3/5: 39:22 (7:52/mi)
3/12: 41:57 (8:23/mi)
3/19: 37:48 (7:34/mi) 4/30: 40:25 (8:05/mi) 5/7: 37:27 (7:29/mi) 5/14: 41:44 (8:20/mi) 5/21: 37:37 (7:31/mi)
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