Ran with JohnnyV again. We did the same run that I did 2 weeks ago. From Copperton Park down by my house and around to simulate running SGM. So around mile 6.5 was first hill. Then mean hill at mile 9 continual uphill till 10.5 and downhill at 12. 13-4 are flat with some rollers with headwind. Last mile is half up half down. Goal pace was to run it at a 7:36 pace and run the hills accordingly and maintain a good pace for the flats and finish strong.
So meet JohnnyV at my house at 5am and headed up to Copperton. Poor Johnny had just flew in last night and didnt get to bed till 11pm so this was a bit rougher on him. Temp was good and only a slight breeze compared to last week. We hit the first mile flying and had to slow down the 2nd mile so we wouldnt go sub 7 on it. Felt really good till the first big hill. And we maintained a really good strong pace up it. Which was really good and then the big hill hit. And we took that one pretty good. And then just pushed through to the next few miles. When we hit the flatter portion of the run we hit a headwind. And Johnny let me take the lead a bit more. I wasn't to happy with how the pace was dropping so much. With the headwinds made it tougher. And as we hit the last mile I just kept pushing it with Johnny behind me. Hit the last hill at the top was 8:15 and had to make up a lot to finish strong again. And felt really good on the downhill and kicked it up even more with .25 to go. Finished good and strong again. Felt really good about this run. And its a lot better running with someone. Johnny is looking very strong for his 3:20 attempt in a few short weeks. One more big week before our taper. Here is the splits. Mile 1 7:47 Way fast but feeling good. Mile 2 7:12 We tried to slow it down. No really we did. Mile 3 7:25 Mile 4 7:36 Starting to feel the pace Mile 5 7:36 Mile 6 7:38 Just missed it:) Mile 7 7:53 Gradual uphill
Mile 8 7:48 Steeper uphill for half then downhill Mile 9 8:33 Mean mile Mile 10 7:52 Gradual uphill Mile 11 7:42 Uphill and then down starts. Started to pick up pace to make up the downhill. Mile 12 7:34 Mile 13 8:12 Arghhh Mile 14 7:58 Arghhh Mile 15 7:31 At half on uphill was 8:15 pushed it hard to get it down to 7:31 and finished strong. TT 1:56:18 AP 7:45
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