Notes
Ran with the guys at the railroad bed today. Wasn't sure how I would fare but was looking forward to trying to make it the length of the trail for the first time since Mark and I had a great run out there. The pace started out conservative and I was a little worried that the task of making it out to the other end in 50 minutes was not going to happen. However soon enough Shane, Derrick, and I settled into a decent pace and after 4.5 miles I knew we could make it. Made it to the parking lot in 48:50 or so with Reid not to far behind, he had started with Mclovin. I was feeling great at halfway and really enjoying it. On the way back Reid just joined us and we stayed together until the Wildnerness Road Park where Shane and Reid made a pit stop and Derrick and I went on. From that point on the pace naturally picked up just a little as I wanted to negative split the run and I think Derrick wanted to also. We had good talks about the goals for the season and he seemed to have a positive outlook on the training it was going to take. We made it back in around 46:50 so some 2 minutes faster we tacked on an extra 5 minutes to get 100 minutes in. I really enjoyed the run and was pleased to feel as good as I did. It wasn't blazing but a good long run none the less.