Refreshing

Now that I know Mike is watching my post titles, I figured I'd better make this one a positive one. No actually, this was one of the easier runs I've had in a while. It was 13 miles starting out slow and gradually increasing the pace. I had to meet one of my relay teammates to drop off some registration paperwork for the big race tomorrow, and he came with me for the first 3+ miles of the run.

It was nice to have some company for the run and the first few miles flew by around a 7:30 pace. Once he turned around to head back home, I was by myself and while I didn't feel like I was picking up the pace, the pace slowly headed down towards 7 min mile and when I finished the 13, it had come all the way down to 6:48. I finished feeling as fresh as I have all week. It was exactly what I needed today.

Tomorrow is Dances With Dirt, which is sort of a Woodstock for runners. There are 300+ 5 member teams and the running is just insane. Hills, Water, and Mud is pretty par for the course, no matter which legs you run. Now if I could just stay on the course this year instead of running 10 miles off of it, I will be just fine.