AM: Ran the first four miles with Ian at around 6:20 mile pace, first part of course was a lot hillier then expected. One guy got out in front and probably was 20-30secs per mile faster. The initial plan was to run and pace katie to a sub 1:30 half, but matthew got sick last night and she opted out of the race. So my plan was to run with Ian for the first part of the race then turn it into a progressive run to about MP. Started up the pace on the flat part of the course, weather was IDEAL 35 at the start with NO wind. Weather you dream about for a marathon, if we could only get this next weekend in DC. for the run my splits were 6:12, 6:29, 6:19, 5:54, 5:37, 5:38, 5:35, 5:46, 5:26, 5:25, 5:40, 5:28, 5:38 for about 5:45 average on a 13.33 watch split. Stomach issues did occur, probably from the pizza I had last night. Anyways pleased with the effort and the workout for a week out from goal race. Now time to rest up this week and write a paper.
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