Notes
Course is attached. Hillier than I thought. Went through the mile HOT in 4:47. Was def too fast but went with the leader... did not know at the time that his lifetime bests were 13:56 and 8:15 and that he came in 84th at the world XC champs in 2002. Even though the man was 38 and ran those times 16 years ago he ran 15:02 on the roads last March and ran 9:39 FTW today. Guy who came in 3rd in 10:23 came in 28th at Boston in 2:29 in 2016 and was 25... he had run 10 mi earlier in the day. Surprisingly competitive race, I think the $10 entrance fee drew some people who normally would not have come to Milford to race.
I think had I not got sucked into such a fast first mile I could have run faster. The last mile was way hillier than I thought it was so I was hurting a lot. I think this was a better performance than my 9:27 (10:12 2 mi equivalent). I think I'm in about 9:50ish shape on the track. Im going to keep my VDOT the same for now then bump it when I enter Q3 of training. I am going to LR wednesday, workout sat and do one more week of Q2 w/ 2 workouts and a 90ish min LR.
Decent mileage week. Wanted to be over 50 mi this week but I could not run on. and didnt get around to doubling on sat. Should be over 50 this week easy.