I ran the Lake View run at noon. Tom ran hard this morning and was still recovering from his fast 5K on Saturday so he didn't join me. Nathan had told me he would be out of town the next two weeks but I saw him finishing up a treadmill workout when I got to the fitness center. He said he worked out early and was heading to the airport soon to fly out. I also saw Bill Rieske on the the ellipticals and talked with him for a bit. As I was dressing in the locker room I heard Will ask if I was headed out. I said "no", but he knew I was kidding. I told him he always makes me run too fast and my legs weren't up to it today. He said his foot was hurting and we was only going a few miles easy, so I agreed to run with him. It was fun talking about St. George. Will and I had run together from the start to somewhere between miles 10 and 12. Once he realized he wasn't going to hit a BQ at 3:15 (I admire him for going for it) he backed off a little but still set a new PR at 3:24. Will turned back at 1.5 miles today to get his 3 miles and I went on to complete the 5.2 miles in 44:37 (8:35/mi). My legs didn't complain about this pace, but communicated to me clearly that I shouldn't try to go any faster. Someone told me it takes 26 days to fully recover from a marathon (1 day per mile). I'm not sure I believe that (I think it takes Sasha about 26 hours), but I plan to continue to listen to my body for a while and try not to push too much too soon.
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