PRs

I've had a long and stressful weekend. After working out Friday night, I went straight to bed and got up at 6 to work at the Cherry Blossom 10 miler expo on Saturday. After a 13 hour work day, I went for a run, got home, and got to bed asap. I woke up again at 3:55 on Sunday morning to work the Cherry Blossom race, and then drove straight to Bethesda and worked 12-5.

Needless to say, when I got home at around 5:30 this afternoon I was pretty tired. I laid in bed for about half an hour, then drove to Lock 7 for attempt #2 at a fast long run. Although I hadn't gotten much sleep and was tired from everything I'd done this weekend, I think the combination of Anthony's sick run yesterday and the amazing performances I saw this morning at the Cherry Blossom race inspired me to step up my game a few notches.

The run: 12 miles with the middle 10 "fast." I started off feeling good--it was just nice to be out running after how busy I've been. I gradually picked up the pace, and ended up having one of my best runs ever. I PR'd for 10k and 10 miles along the way, and completed the fastest 12 mile run of my life.

My splits:
6:42
6:12
6:05 (12:17)
5:54 (18:11)
5:52 (24:03)
5:47 (29:50)
5:45 (35:35)
5:43 (41:18)
5:48 (47:06)
5:43 (52:49)
5:45 (58:34)
6:23

That comes out to 71:44 (5:58/mi) for 12 miles, 58:34 (5:51/mi) for the middle 10, and 34:31 (5:45/mi) for the last 6 miles of the middle 10. I'm pumped!