What a difference a day makes. I had an early morning meeting that got me going earlier than normal and was able to take the scheduled lunch time run with my at work training partner. He dragged me around the block by setting a pace that would better our time from Day 5. We tried to run a sub-8 minute first mile and we hit the marker at around 7:59. This is pretty incredible for me. Anything under an 8:00 minute mile is fast in my book. We ended up finishing the 4.42 miles in 36:57 which is an 8:20 pace for the full distance. We did better by 32 seconds per mile which felt quite a bit faster (there was far less conversation during today’s run). I feel great about the pace we set today and want to be closer to the 8:00 mark by the end of January. That way he doesn’t have to keep holding up for me to catch up.
I felt good through the run, but there were sections when my legs didn’t feel exactly strong. More like firm jelly. Through one section we decided to try and catch up and pass a runner who was ahead of us by about a quarter mile. We ultimately caught up when the other runner took a break.
I felt great after returning to my desk. There is a project milestone coming up next week which is causing some excitement and will absorb most of my time. It was good to run off some of that energy and come back to work focused.
That brings us to 8.84 of 12 miles completed with one day left in the week and still no hours on the bike. At this point I am hoping to finish off the 12 miles and fill next week with some solid bike time. Time to get some sleep.
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