Darin and I ran the Eagles View loop at noon today. We kept it conversational and I wasn't trying to push very hard, just keep things moving to not make the run too slow for Darin. He had to be back for a 1:00pm meeting so we were just going to go out 20:00 minutes and then turn back. It turns out we made it to the top in 20:00 and finished in 38:51. I would have been satisfied with an 8:30 pace today, and felt like we were running around 8:00, but it must have been faster than that on the way back. It was encouraging to discover that the average pace was closer to 7:45. My bothersome foot (PF, achilles) felt good during the run. Even on the uphill I didn't feel like I was stressing it much. However, I can tell that I still need to not press hard for a while yet.
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