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Got up this morning, later than planned and Wiley immediately started bugging me to take him out on a run. I’ve created a monster! Finally got out (not fast enough for his taste) and went on a nice, cold run. It was about 26 degrees, but the sun was out so it was beautiful. We ran up the loop then over to 88th to head down to Sbux. Took a trip down a road we’ve never been before and enjoyed that. Roy called when we were about a mile out. I told him to go pick up movie tickets (he wanted to see Sherlock Holmes) and I’d be there in about ten minutes. He wasn’t there when we ran by so we ended up running another 3/4 mile to get over 6 miles. Beautiful views of the mountains!
Run felt good. Speed was nice…didn’t feel hard, which has been my goal with pushing it lately. I want a 9:30 mile to feel as easy as a 10:00 mile used to, so I can slowly reduce my long distance pace. I can run a 5k at under an 8 min pace so I feel like I should be able to run a marathon faster…that’s my 2010 goal.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 12/26/2009
• Time: 09:52:28
• Total Time: 1:00:26.02
• Calories: 606
• Distance: 6.35 miles
• Average Pace: 9:31.01/mile
• Max Pace: 7:43.1/mile
• Ascent: 693.83 ft
• Descent: 691.47 ft