16 miles on Saturday with the run group on what I would call rolling hills with a few short steeper ones in the mix. Started off with the group and was going to run this workout based on feel and not necessarily what the schedule had planned. I have also been thinking about my mental toughness lately and that most of my runs this training session have been with others that kind of just pull me allong and I haven't really had to many runs in which I had to push myself for long periods of time. So at the turn around a few were dropping off and a few were going to make a bathroom pit stop so I decided to turn around and run the 8 miles back on my own. I picked up the pace instantly and ran 7 of the 8 miles back pretty hard. I thought maybe I could catch Brian whom started his 8 miles at goal pace at mile 4 but that did not happen. I did make it close because though and I pounded out so good strong miles. I don't have my watch with me as I write this but I ran some ggood miles on this course that can be viewed on the link below:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/649636326
Overall a great run and I felt refreshed at the end compared to last weekends long run of pain!
7:19/mi average: 8:18, 7:58, 7:18, 7:35, 7:30, 7:14, 7:14, 7:16, 6:45, 6:39, 7:03, 7:09, 7:03, 7:04, 7:17, 7:42
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