On the road to BOSTON!

5 Miles on the bike path- 7:29 average pace

813/ 7:01/ 7:21/ 7:21/ 7:16

Ran over to Bloomington Hills Park and back. 7:34 average pace- tried some different insloes- 2 ounce miracles, I haven't used them for a year and a half now. Felt really good today- may be what I use for race day but not for everyday

AM-Bloomington Drive loop 8:12 pace

PM-Bloomington Drive loop 7:46 pace Tried out a new pair of shoes- HOKA they feel incredible soft on the run. Since they have so much give the soles are very thick so you are riding higher off the road, took a little getting used to. Felt pretty good for a first run- pace was about 30 seconds per minute faster than this morning's identical run. One thing that was interesting is that my pace each mile was almost exactly the same, 7:48/ 7:50/ 7:45/ 7:42

I am going to work with these shoes for 2 weeks and decide if I will give them a go at Mesquite.....

SPLITS: 6:55/ 6:55/ 6:47/ 6:16/ 6:10/ 6:20/ 6:38/ 7:40 aide station and first hill/ 7:06/ 7:47 took shoes off-nueromas starting to get to me- lost 1 minute/ 8:18/ 7:37 shoes off again- dang they are killing me!/ 7:25 gutting it out feet are the only issue today!/ 6:50 average pace 7:04

Body feels great after the race- if the feet could have held up I would have cut at least 2 minutes if not more- tried to run through the pain but it is too long to run for 4 plus miles with the feet hurting so bad.