11.27 miles (Garmin Link)
1:30:27
8:01 pace
After Monday's ignominy, I really felt in need of a confidence-builder today. Fortunately, the weather cooperated, and was overcast and in the mid-50's - more than 30 degrees cooler than Monday! Chris and I started out together while we chatted and I kept half a mind on form. At 3.5 he turned back. I decided to continue on and turned around at 5.5, a couple of hundred yards past Strawberry Mansion Bridge. At this point, I was concentrating on form, relaxing, letting my core lead, and legs just relax and go along for the ride. Pushed the pace a bit at 8 miles, with the idea of beating last year's Broad Street time at 10 miles. Hit 10 at 1:19:23, which I think is almost two minutes faster than last year's time. Mile 10 split was 7:11!
Took it easy the last mile back to work. Now I have 20+ miles for the week, and can just do some easy jogging with Doug between now and the race Sunday.
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Sound like things are really coming together. That's pretty fast.
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