Slept 7 hrs. T=68-73 degrees. So nice! Survived the 14.5 miles "run from hell" (countless hills for a good 10 miles). Warmed up 1 mile very slowly on flat road before the run. Right knee was still very tender even after the warm up. Body however felt much better compared to the last 2 days. Ran at conversational / medium effort pace 80-85% the entire run. Knee was OK going up the hills, very painful on the downhills. Had to really slow down or walked down the hills. Felt better and better as the run progressed (less painful on right knee). Took 2 GU at mile 7th. Picked up the pace for the last 2 miles. Felt like I could run the last 3-4 miles at MGP today but decided to stay with Stacy (3:41:00) and Becky (3:45:00) who had been so supportive to me through out the run. Great training run! Felt much stronger than last year when running this hills. Still under the weather (allergy) but it's getting much better now. Will need to take it really easy on Monday run. | 