13.47 miles
5am.... Running in the rain, just running in the rain, what a glorious feeling, I'm running again.
I met up with Kris Depew at a trailhead just before the Cumberland Farms in Maynard. It was dark and I thought that I got there before him until he came up on my blind side and spooked me. When speaking to Kris yesterday at our respective daughter's travel soccer game, he indicated that he was looking to run 20 miles at a 6:40-6:50 pace for his Sunday long run. No thank you.... I would have to respectively decline. The majority of my miles have fallen around the 8-7:30 average lately and the thought of 20 at sub 7 minutes scared me. (probably because I've never run 20 at sub 7 pace) A couple of hours later Kris texted me to say he was thinking more like 7-7:10 pace.... I was in, but not for the full 20. It ended up being a decent run, but I think the pace would have been more even throughout if we could see better during the early trail miles. We made it back to Kris's house at 12ish miles, I was done and he headed out for 8 more. Kris is entertaining the thought of his first marathon in October and was looking to get a decent effort in. All in all, a fun wet slog. Always good to run with Depew.
| 1 |
7:47.9 |
1.00 |
7:48 |
| 2 |
7:13.3 |
1.00 |
7:13 |
| 3 |
7:09.4 |
1.00 |
7:09 |
| 4 |
7:29.2 |
1.00 |
7:29 |
| 5 |
7:09.1 |
1.00 |
7:09 |
| 6 |
6:57.0 |
1.00 |
6:57 |
| 7 |
6:53.5 |
1.00 |
6:54 |
| 8 |
6:58.2 |
1.00 |
6:58 |
| 9 |
7:11.0 |
1.00 |
7:11 |
| 10 |
7:08.3 |
1.00 |
7:08 |
| 11 |
6:58.3 |
1.00 |
6:58 |
| 12 |
6:48.4 |
1.00 |
6:48 |
| 13 |
2:29.7 |
0.37 |
6:44 |
The last 1.10 miles back to my house was a 6:45.
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