Vroooom, Vrooom!!

The first comment I got this morning when I came downstairs was, "You look like a German Race Car." I laughed and said, "Well, not just ANYONE can buy the Brooks Hanson singlet!" The reply? A predictable, "No, you have to go to Germany to buy that." I nearly had coffee come out my nose!

What a great run with Rick Troeh, Travis Bailey and Dave Dawson. The goal was a 3 mile warm-up, nice and easy, 7 miles at 8:20 pace and then 3 mile cool down. Which translated into: 3 easy, 7 below 8:20 pace and 3 miles at whatever I was feeling.

Dave caught up to me at about 11.3 miles, and really pushed me (read: raced me) for the final mile. For the record, he beat me! But, hey, I ran the last three miles at sub-8:00 pace feeling fantastic, and was laughing my butt off for that last mile taunting Dave while running on his heels the whole way. I though I had him with 0.3 miles to go. Maybe if I'd shut up and concentrated on running instead of joking around and laughing I could have beat him!

What a fun run, I haven't laughed that hard in a while. This entire run was pure joy, and I am feeling great! Thanks guys!!

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 0 ft Location: Blue Springs, MO Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 08/22/09 Up/Downhill: [+0/-0] Time: 07:16 AM Difficulty: 0 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 63 F temp; 80% humidity 63 F heat index; winds N 8 Performance Distance: 13.00 miles Time: 1:47:17 Speed: 7.3 mph Pace: 8' 15 /mi Calories: 1133 Map Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 26 +1' 11 6.4 -0.9 -- ft 2 8' 56 +0' 41 6.7 -0.6 -- ft 3 8' 52 +0' 37 6.8 -0.5 -- ft 4 8' 13 -0' 02 7.3 +0.0 -- ft 5 8' 03 -0' 12 7.4 +0.2 -- ft 6 8' 12 -0' 03 7.3 +0.0 -- ft 7 8' 07 -0' 08 7.4 +0.1 -- ft 8 8' 13 -0' 02 7.3 +0.0 -- ft 9 8' 05 -0' 10 7.4 +0.1 -- ft 10 8' 05 -0' 10 7.4 +0.1 -- ft 11 7' 54 -0' 21 7.6 +0.3 -- ft 12 7' 54 -0' 21 7.6 +0.3 -- ft 13 7' 10 -1' 05 8.4 +1.1 -- ft Versus average of 8' 15 min/mile

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