I thought I might have company this morning, but I ended up solo. I decided to run the normal Thursday route and see if I bumped into Mike Jasper as we often do. If so, I'd run the full route with him. If not, I'd cut it short to 4 miles as a mini-taper before the Spectrum 10K on Saturday. I didn't see him. I wore the lighter shoes that I normally only wear for races. I wanted to try out the new lighter-weight heel lift I got recently to use for races instead of my heavier everyday lifts. It felt great. Between the lighter shoes and the lighter lift I could definitely tell the difference. Without really pushing too hard I averaged 8:15/mi instead of typical 9:30-ish pace I've been running lately. I pushed somewhat, but not all out, on the fast 1/2 mile down 1600 N and averaged 6:45/mi. I don't plan to run again until the race on Saturday. It will be interesting to see what I can pull out.
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