A bit under 17 today, but far from a routine run. Two reasons: I ran with my friend Pat, who is shooting for a sub-4 at Oklahoma City next month and is doing extended interval sessions at his GMP. Second, a cold front came howling in this morning with 20 mph winds, gusting to 40, and we were running directly into the wind for half of the run. Eleven one-mile surges at 8:40 pace don't sound too bad, and maybe normally it wouldn't have been an issue, but with the wind, it was HARD. Especially when one of those gusts hit. The quads were not happy, but they responded when I asked them to respond. And on the last interval, I picked it up to pretty close to my GMP, which left Pat behind. Went over 300 miles for the month today, too -- a new PR for me. Likely to get another PR in April before the taper in May. | 