Last easy run before WBR. Glad I was feeling better today than yesterday (perhaps the company was better?). After around 1.5 mile warmup I helped pace Kim on a pair of mile splits with the goal pace being in her 10K pace range (currently 8:15-8:30, but I think perhaps closer to 8 min is more accurate). Did a 2 minute jog rest in between. I made her be conservative on the 1st mile which ended up at 8:15 with wind at our back. 2nd mile was into the wind and I didn't hold her back as much. Ran most of that mile around 8:10 pace but then she wanted to kick the last quarter so I told her to go for it and we ended up finishing the mile in 7:52. I'm envious of Kim's "kick" gear, she seems to have a much easier time than me switching to the sprint gear. She thinks I'm sandbagging because oftentimes I can't keep up when she turns on the jets, but honestly it just takes my legs a good quarter to half mile sometimes to accelerate up to the speed she gets to in a matter of seconds. Oh well I guess some of us are Porsches and some of us are dump trucks. Ave pace 9:15. Good luck to everyone running WBR this weekend! Looks like we're in for another HOT one!
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