Notes
This was probably the best 20 miler ever! To start with it was an absolutely beautiful day, and I've had two full nights of sleep! Met Jordan (who had already done 4 & was after 21), Karen (10.5) and Leslie (16 - after climbing a Colorado Summit last week!) at Forum and we headed out. We kept a nice steady, slow pace to start which is why I'm sure I was able pick it up slightly at halfway, and to finish strong. We did the standard Robin Long Route (missed Robin who is vacationing in sunny FL & also missed Maria who is out with her back) - rain route except after south on College then left on University to Stadium to Old 63 to Grindstone (water & GU), CampusView, Waffle House, Grn Meadows to Forum to get some planted water (& shot block), (Karen headed back to Forum here) back up Grn Meadows to Bethel to South Hampon, Royal Lythum, Nifong (Leslie cut off at Country Woods) & Reverse Tripp 10K back to Forum where Jordan was done and I headed down the trail further to finish off. I felt great the entire run, and am very pleased at my last 6 miles all being sub-marathon goal pace - even a final mile at 8:14!
10:06 9:50 9:42 9:35 9:39 9:38 9:48 9:38 9:45 9:31 9:23 9:27 9:27 9:21 9:05 8:54 8:46 8:52 8:36 8:14
Took a lovely ice bath afterwards and I'm still feeling good. This was a good week for running and accomplishing my cross training goals.