Oh it's so nice to finally be out of the March slump I was in. Finally felt like I could push the pace today without feeling totally dead after 1 mile. Did a 1.6 mile warmup on treadmill then ran 4.9 mile EagleView course with Paul and Nate. Paul and Nate both had good reasons to hold back a bit with Paul having just run a great 10K Saturday and Nate coming off a nasty cold and not having run much for a couple of weeks. Thanks in large part to Paul's "motivational" trash-talking from behind me (it's not often that Paul is ever behind me) I was able to finish this run in what I think is my best time yet. My Garmin measured the following 'run' times (we stopped for about 1:45 total at 2 different stop lights):
1 - 7:53
2 - 7:52
3 - 7:49
4 - 7:00
4.9 - 6:15 (6:57 pace)
Total run time: 36:50 (7:31 ave. pace)
Total time including stops: 38:35 (7:52 ave. pace) | 