Start time: 3/6/07, 7:00pm
Location: Clarendon and the Custis Trail
Distance: 4.25 miles & 0.5 miles
Average pace: 9:08min/mile & 8:00min/mile
Occasionally I run with the Pacers Arlington group on Tuesday nights, which is an extremely hilly course; my pace is always off by at least 30 seconds per mile as a result, because it seriously kicks my butt. With that in mind, here’s the rundown of the last few months of this course:
1/16/07: 41:53
1/2/07: 41:52
12/19:06: 41:57
11/14/06: 42:05
10/10/06: 41:57
Even my fastest from back in August was a 39:44, and that was with Darryl really pushing us. So tonight? 38:48. GOOD LORD. It’s funny, because on the way out I thought I was pushing myself and Chris a little fast, but he wasn’t complaining so I decided that maybe I was just out of shape. Even on the way back I commented that I felt like I was sucking wind, but we kept going… and going… and going… A very nice surprise! It’s good to see what I can do if I really put my mind to it.
Do you realize that you can now touch a sub 40 8k?
It’s an exciting thought! Alas, no St. Patrick’s Day 8K for me this year or I’d put that to the test. (I have the half marathon the following weekend and a 10-miler the weekend after that. Three races in three weekends seemed like a little too much.)