Fantastic morning for a run. Cool, slight breeze, and he humidity wasn't to bad either. I didn't go in with hopes of a good time, but decided to go out reasonably fast and see what i could do. First mile was around 6:55, and then the second mile around 7:10, third mile was 7:05. I wasn't feeling great at this point, but just tried to hold onto that pace and get close to 70 minutes. I went through half way in pretty much 35 minutes even. Still felt a little tired, but knew it was about 1 mile more mile of hills and then a much flatter final 3 miles. I found some pace in the final few miles, mile 8, 9 and 10 were the fastest of the entire race. The final mile was around 6:15, helped in large part due to Derhammer telling me to catch the guy with the ponytail ;o). I caught him, and a few others. My legs were hurting, I was tired, but it was the impetus I needed to eek out a few more seconds. Thank you sir. So all in all I am very pleased. It wasn't a PR, but given everything that has happened of late, and the lack of consistent running then I still have hope of a decent time in February. What decent is will be determined by the new couple of months. Its now time for "knuckle down November". The goal is 4 weeks of 50+ miles. The gauntlet has been thrown down. Let's hope I can meet my own challenge ;o).
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