How I Got My Groove Back

By the sounds of it, I haven't been the only one working on his best Stella impersonation. Paul, nice work on the 18-miler. Those are impressive splits, especially late in the run! Tim, you may not realize it, but your turnover while running intervals has always been sweet. Ben, well, you're just a machine that apparently doesn't even require fuel anymore. How sweet is that!

Last Saturday I finished my first feel-good long run. So good, in fact, that I had to repeatedly talk myself into slowing down in the early going and then, later, to accept company on miles 12 - 16 when my sister-in-law's boyfriend pulled a switch-a-roo on me and convinced Maggie to run with me instead. In the end, it was probably a good thing as I ended up running 14 the next day over several hills and have been feeling burned out since. Here are the mile splits from my Saturday long run.

Oh, one more thing: Miles 1-4 were slightly uphill while miles 4-6 were downhill, miles 6-18 were flat, and miles 18-20.5 were sharply uphill.

Mile Split
1 7:32
2 7:25
3 7:19
4 7:22
5 6:58
6 7:03
7 7:03
8 6:57
9 7:14
10 7:09
11 7:04
12 7:00
13 8:01
14 8:08
15 8:13
16 8:06
17 7:04
18 7:13
19 7:25
20 7:40
20.5 7:29