had a nice crew meet up on this somewhat warm weather day. Alex, Ashley, Eric, Ean, J-Hat and I did our w/u - J-Hat due to the water he dropped he but we picked him up right towards the end of the w/u...
Alex took off a little early. He wanted to get a full lap around the lake. ( that dude is doing really good, making all kinds of progress.)
Ashley, Eric, Ean, J-Hat and I all took off together and ran the 1st mile pretty much as a group. After mile 1(5:59) I dropped the pace down a little and gapped the group a little.
My goal was to do 12 at MP but after crossing the dam about 4 miles into it, my mind started telling me to cut it short with the heat.. I ran on and about mile 5 caught up to Alex. (he hollared to me he was cramping up)
I kept on going and turned up into some wind about mile 6... after i turned around i kinda got a 2nd wind. had to talk myself into keep on keep'n on.
J-Hat put some water out just past the 6mile mark and I heavily thought about making this a 2x 6 mile day but ran past the water and made it to about 8.5 and i started reeling in Eric and Ashley. i got about 1/4 mile from them and turned up on the point and they continued to go straight. at about 9.5 i noticed my pace starting to slow and talked myself into just finishing up at 10.
Was pleased with the warm weather how my body reacted. really can't believe i am able to do workouts and feel this good this close to my marathon.
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