Notes
Great Effort today over in Derry. Really happy with the results on an extremely challenging course. Went out fairly easy as the first mile was pretty much all up hill to sort of ease into a rhythm. The following couple miles the roads dropped off and it was up and down till the 9th mile which really fucks up your day. Significant climb all the way up to the 12th mile and a nice down hill finish back (near) the start. Didn't know what to expect as I have put in a lot of miles lately, but not a whole lot of quality and little to no running on hills. The goal for today was to try and break 1:52 (7:00 mile pace) and I slaughtered that on a very, very tough course under perfect conditions (for January). I also won the Clydesdale division (200 lbs. +) which was kind of cool. Here's the damage (easy to spot the hills....):
Mile 1- 7:16
Mile 2- 6:33 (13:48)
Mile 3- 6:05 (19:53)
Mile 4- 6:24 (26:17)
Mile 5- 7:07 (33:24)
Mile 6- 6:30 (39:54)
Mile 7- 6:41 (46:34)
Mile 8- 6:41 (53:15)
Mile 9- 6:45 (1:00:00)
Mile 10- 7:21 (1:07:21)
Mile 11- 7:21 (1:14:42)
Mile 12- 7:38 (1:22:20)
Mile 13- 6:59 (1:29:19)
Mile 14- 6:40 (1:35:59)
Mile 15- 6:51 (1:42:50)
Mile 16- 6:12 (1:48:47) officially 1:48:52