THE JEFF&RHETT HALF MARATHON Jeff's training schedule called to race a half marathon today, so we decided to have our own race. We ran it on the Havasu Half course. My schedule called for a 15 mile run, so I showed up a bit early and ran a 2 mile warm up... AP 8:05. We toed the line. I asked Jeff if he was going to sing the National Anthem. He declined. We started anyways. We were hitting between 6:40 and 6:50 pace right from the start. I was worried I wouldn't be able to hold that pace but was determined to try. About 4 miles in I really started feeling like I was settling into a nice pace. It started getting a little tough around mile 10. He would push the pace while I fought my mental demons, then I would push the pace when I was feeling strong. We made a good team working together back and forth. Mile 12 we started running and turn in a 6:38. I was feeling good and pushed the pace on mile 13 for 6:21. Jeff faded a smidge, but fught to hang on. We then kicked it up a notch for the last 0.1 with and AP of 5:23. I won the inogural race by about 5 yards! :) 1:28:08 AP 6:44 I was surprised that I was able to run that fast at this point in my training. Maybe I have a shot a sub 3 in March. | 