Notes
Ran together in a pack with Bradley, Dan, Alex and Joseph and went out in 5:14. After 3-4 miles, Bradley and I started slowly pulling away and we were clicking off several miles just under 5:30 and hit the halfway in 35:25. I was trying to help Bradley run 1:12 but I wanted to be able to back off the last couple of miles, so at about 9.5 miles, I ran about a 5:15 mile and hit 10 miles in 54:00. I really backed off the last 1.5 miles and struggled some on a long hill. My legs felt good at the end and I recovered really quickly. This was a good confidence builder because I haven't been doing much fast stuff at all the past several weeks but I felt like I could have run under 1:10 if I pushed the whole way. My goal was just to get the win without beating up my legs so I can get in a good session Wednesday or Thursday. The course had some variety for the first couple of miles but most of it was on the Greenway and a long, straight road. I was really getting bored on the course and wish there was some more turns or something. My right arch flared up really badly for a few seconds, but luckily it went away.
Mile splits: 5:14, 10:49, 5:24, 5:29, 5:28, 10:53, 5:23, 5:21, 5:42, 5:36, 5:33, 41 (.1)