Notes
Out at 7:30 pm for an easy run around town beneath the bright half moon. Ran two laps of my 8.25mile (with 720 feet of climbing) loop. The first lap felt so easy in 1:01:17, so I picked up the pace a little on the second, and ran it in 57:34, (6:59 miles) letting my legs move a little faster on the downhills. Even at that pace I still had plenty of running left in me at the end, a good sign indeed, especially considering how genuinely exhausted I was just 4 days ago. Drank no liquid during the run too, and felt just fine, although the night was cold so sweating was reduced. If the run was flattened out and taken to sea level the equivalent time would be roughly 1:48:27, or 6:34 mile pace, pretty damn close to my goal marathon pace. Not so bad at all I think! Tonight I'm feeling very confident that a 2:50 marathon next May is attainable.