Pace run
This morning’s Safari expedition was (for me, anyway) a 9-mile pace run. I fully expected it to kick my tail, as I spent the week feeling rather exhausted, and didn’t feel like I had a really great run all week long. Maybe I should come into more runs feeling that way, as I had a really solid run this morning. For the first 7.5 miles, I averaged 9:06/mile; given that my goal race pace is 9:08/mile, that was a pretty solid effort. I gradually accelerated for the last 1.5 miles, bringing in the 8th mile at an 8:40 clip and the 9th in 8:15.
9 miles, 1:20:31, 8:56.8/mile
After the run, I went to have breakfast with some of the Shufflers, then went to lunch with my “adopted” kid sister Bridgette, then turned homeward to chill out for a while. My legs were a bit sore while I was at Panera for breakfast, but haven’t felt too shabby since. They’ll be asked for 5 or so miles in the morning, so that needs to continue to be the case.
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It’s definitely nice when a run goes right. Thanks for sharing the site info; I’ll check it out. I generally log my runs in an Excel worksheet, but I’ll check out the site.