Notes
Met at Duck Pond for an out-and-back long run with the full team (Desi, Melissa, Dot, Cally, Dani, Jen, and Danna). Cally, Dot, and and Melissa, ran with us for the first few miles before turning around to finish their base run. The pace for this run was incredibly lax, and Desi stayed in the back row to resist pushing pace and focus on recovery. She heads out to Rio for the Olympics soon. It's nice seeing her incredibly secure and confident in her fitness -- she's worked for it.
When we hit 12 miles at 1:31:00 (7:35/mi pace), I got a bit antsy and amped things up a bit. Broke apart from the group to run 6:50/mi pace over the last few miles. Felt good to get the legs moving, rather than to stint them. Temperatures climbed from 64º F to 80º F over the course of this run.