This morning may have been my best 20 mile training run ever. I did a different run than I normally do for my 20 milers. It was a very large rolling hill course. My goal at the beginning of the run was to keep it easy, but not to run any miles over 8:00. I blew that on mile 2 (all uphill) when I ran 8:02. Anyways I was feeling good and decided I should continue. :-) I finished my first 10 miles in 1:16:10 (AP 7:37) and then started on the second half of my run as was feeling strong still. At mile 15 I decided to go to marathon pace for the last 5 mile since I still felt good. My splits on the last 5 miles were 6:49, 6:50, 6:27,6:25, 6:33. (6:37 AP for last 5 miles). The second 10 miles were done in 1:11:35 (AP 7:09) Total run 2:27:45 (AP 7:23) This afternoon Chase wanted to go out and run the island. All the other kids wanted to come so I loaded up a bicycle for Cade and Tally and a stroller for Lane and we did a lap around the island. I pushed Lane in the stroller. It was hot (90 degrees) and very windy, but we all survived. My legs felt great. I thought they may be a little tired from this morning but felt fresh. We did 4 miles slowly (10:00 AP). Running with the kids was a great way to finish off my first 70 mile week in a year. | 