Notes
Ran down to the river bottom mostly with Dan, Destiny, and Allan. We stopped at our first water stop at 5.4 miles. Then we turned onto Dothage Rd due to flooding on the actual course. Destiny and I flew down the hill on Dothage and got a bit ahead of Allan and Dan. We had a bonus uphill on Dothage that was a bit challenging.
Destiny and I stopped for water before Easley Hill and waited for Dan and Allan. We waited a little longer than expected since they had ran back a bit to check on other runners. Then we all headed up the hill. I decided to run the hill which I am not sure was the smart thing to do, but wanted to get it over with. Allan had stopped again for water at the top so Dan, Destiny, and I continued together on the course. I felt good for most of this run and the other hills didn't seem too bad.
This is the fastest pace I have ever run a training run on this course so definitely helped to have others to run it with. This pace was only 5 seconds slower than my pace in 2004 when I ran the marathon for the first time. Amazing since it didn't seem that hard today.
m1 - 8:15...........m11 - 8:44 (Easley Hill)
m2 - 7:44...........m12 -7:51
m3 - 7:55...........m13 - 7:33
m4 - 7:40...........m14 - 7:23
m5 - 7:44...........m15 - 7:40
m6 - 8:03...........m16 - 7:23
m7 - 7:40...........m17 - 7:20
m8 - 7:15...........m18 - 7:30
m9 - 7:51...........m19 - 7:01
m10 - 7:19