Last night I was planning on just running by myself this morning, but then Dixie gave me a call to tell me that he and some of the guys were going to run in Starkey park in the morning. It turned out that it worked out really well since this morning's cold weather would have made me feel less than motivated. When that happens, I still seem to get the job done, I just don't enjoy it as much. So, I arrived at Starkey park just before 7:00. Keith, Nelson, and then Dixie showed up. We decided on doing about 8 miles. It was 41° , had just gotten light out and I was wearing a tight short sleeve shirt with long sleeve looser shirt over it, shorts, hat, and gloves. We set off at a nice and easy pace, slower got faster, then stopped for a little bit at 2.5 miles, then continued on. We went out a little past 4 miles and then stopped again. I let the clock keep running. Got moving again, and the pace crept up with 7:56, 7:32, and then 7:09 for the last full mile. For the last full mile, it was kind of a game where one guy came up on Dixie's shoulder, without passing him, this always makes him go faster. We were probably going just under 6:30 pace for the last half mile but having fun. Cooled down for the last 0.38 to get back to the parking lot. Stretched out for a little bit then headed back home just in time to catch the tail end of breakfast with my family. Did a little more stretching, some hanging knee raises, and plank. Finally did two sets of pull ups (17 and then 10 very slow ones).
Average pace: 8:29 (about 8:11 for the actual running portions)
Time: 1:11:05 | 