45F, 6:49 AP. Not exactly sure what to call this one; it was supposed to be 17 @ steady state, but I was feeling good and a lot of it was MP effort. I ran from Longview HS to White Oak, and it was a good, hilly route, with a couple of good Heartbreak simulators on the way back. The last half-mile climbs about 100 ft, and I kept it under 7, though I almost puked at the top. Definitely a good training run for a marathon, and as a bonus, I averaged the exact pace I ran @ Boston last year.
6:44, 7:06, 7:02, 6:59, 6:51, 6:46, 6:48, 7:02, 6:45, 6:38, 6:37, 6:54, 6:48, 6:35, 6:43, 6:40, 6:55.
Splits jumped around a lot because of the hills, but it's exactly what I needed since I've been running on the flattened creek trail at home.
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