SRRC run -- Sun. February 10

Snowing gustily on a just above freezing day. I chose shorts to have less to get wet, and trail shoes for the snow on the roads and sidewalks. Just Andy and Coach J and me for the longer run; I mentioned I'd not been out all week, so I wasnt sure about pace, and we set off, doing the reverse Enfield. I felt surprisingly comfortable, and we rolled along, gently on the uphills, but with me still working on my short pace fast feet idea, so it looked quickish -- especially I guess on the downhils. Here's the first five laps: 7:47, 8:14, 7:01, 8:02, 7:04. Remember, Andy likes 7:30 (or better), and ignores hills, so he was fine; Coach J has said he's happy with 7:45 or slower if we're feeling like it. But at 5 miles (entering Hamilton) he figured this was getting to be a race, and he took off. I knew it was too early for me to work on a fast finish (last one or maybe two miles, I'm used to), and I saw that the pace was way more than I could keep up. I think he was probably doing 6:00; I followed hard for a bit then, faded, thus: 6:16, 6:26, 7:40 -- and finished up a bit faster, with the last part-mile at about 6:25 pace. Andy had just tagged on at the higher pace, no problem, I guess. Here's the total figures:

Time: 1:03:36
Distance: 8.77 miles
Speed: 8.3 mph -- which is officially my stamina pace, but this run had all paces used; tres weird.

Comment: ouch.