This was supposed to be an 8-mile GA run on the dreadmill, but you know me -- if the legs feel good, I can't leave anything alone. And I didn't. Eight GA became 10 hard, progressing from 9:13 pace at the start to GMP for the final mile. Average for the 10 miles was 8:23 -- pretty much MP + 10%. Speaking of hard paces, I'm having to think seriously about when and where I'm going to race between now and Newport. The Cabot 5K is only 12 days away; Hogeye Half is 20 days away. Part of me wants to race Cabot, Hogeye and Toad Suck. The other half wants to pick Cabot or Hogeye, not both, but definitely run Toad Suck (which is a 10K I ran last year, so my performance there on the same course will provide a benchmark on how much I've improved in 12 months). If I do one or the other, I'm inclined to do Hogeye only; a half is more valuable to me, I think, than a 5K in preparing for 26.2. Maybe I need both -- all-out speed and a 13-mile tempo run. I'll think about it some more, but I need to enter Hogeye by Wednesday or the fee goes up. | 