I ran two miles before meeting up with Kurt, Kent, and Larry. After a half mile warmup, I ran the next half mile at 7:56/mi. This was slower than normal so I picked up the pace and ran the next half mile at 6:53/mi. That was a little too fast. I ran the last half mile at 7:17/mi before meeting up with the others. I was feeling tired as we started up the 2000 N hill and was going to take it easy, but Kent taunted me into pushing it pretty hard. I couldn't stay with Kurt, but averaged 9:38/mi for 1.4 miles up the hill, which is good for me on that hill. We recovered on the down hill; 8:21/mi on the level then 7:51/mi down the hill. Everyone had pushed hard up the hill and we were pretty tired at this point. We averaged 8:57/mi for 0.85 miles over to the next 0.5 mile downhill, which we ran at 7:55/mi. The others began to slowly pull away at this point. I was very tired. I ran 8:38/mi for about a mile, then could only manage to speed up to 8:06/mi for the last mile or so. My overall average pace for the 7.75 miles (about 2.5 miles of hills) was 8:21/mi. It was a good run. |