I could have gone harder

Thursday, 9/24/09
On tap this morning was my usual 7.9 mile run with a few other guys. A brisk pace was intact for the first half of the run, as we hit the 4-mile mark in 29:10. Justin, who seemed to be the pace maker, peeled off soon after the 4-mile mark. As a result of this and the awful humidity and 70-degree weather, we all slowed significantly. The second half of the run (3.9) was 31:15; we finished at 60:25. The monster hill we crawled up and the final hill we jogged, not pushed. Oh well. half--about 7:17 pace; 2nd half--about 8 minutes. At least I knew I could have gone harder and still been okay.