Change of Pace

8/14	9 miles	9:00 pace
8/15	9 miles	8:50 pace
8/16	4 miles	8:35 pace
8/17	6 miles	7:55 pace
8/18	Rest Day
8/19	15 miles	Club Champs 5M - 31:06 (PR)
8/20	16.5 miles	8:14 pace

The plan had been to run 17 today and as much as I wanted to cut that short for the entire run, I thought I had run 17. Unfortunately, the google pedometer tells me that the 4-mile loop portion of my run (which I did twice) is actually only 3.8 miles. It's no biggie, but it would be a stretch to round 16.6 up.

I ran the first few miles with some young ex-collegiate runners I know which motivated me to start out faster that I probably should have. They're adorable girls and very talented, but it was hard not to cringe when one of them started complaining about the taxes she has to pay on her Nike sponsorship money. I talked to them a little bit about my training and they were surprised to hear how old I was, so I pointed out that Priscilla Welch didn't even start running until she was my age and got the opportunity to cringe again when they asked who that was.

Once I was back on my own again, the miles seemed to get longer as my muscles reacted to the quick start and started to gripe about what I'd done to them yesterday. I came very close to cutting off that last 1.6 and doing just 15, but I bumped into NYFlyGirl just about to start her run and my friend Gavin, who was just finishing up his, but offered to accompany me on that last loop on his bike. Now I'm just glad it's over and am focusing on the shower, burger and nap that lie immediately in my future.