7 miles, including 7 x "almost home" hill with Smo keeping me honest! First 4 hill repeats I kept up with Smo and found myself quite pleased with my performance foolishly believing that I must be in awesome shape because we were sprinting up and up side by side. Little did I know she was playing with me!!! Hill repeats 5 and 6 increasingly stole little pieces of my ego bit by bit. When repeat number 7 presented itself I told myself that come h or high water I was going to stay with Smo. But h and high water came and although I desperately tried to keep up with that girl I fell further and further behind! She destroyed me. It wasn't even close. Seriously. It's the weirdest feeling to feel self defeat and yet so proud simultaneously. It was actually pretty amazing!! I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!!!! | 
