Went out to Rock Creek Park to run on the trails, with my ultrarunner friend and running coach Goat, in celebration of his 30th birthday - he slowed down for me which was nice, and it was such a nice day out, I'm glad we got to enjoy it (he was feeling lame for turning 30 - ridiculous! 30 rocks!) I thought we were going pretty good pace, but his Garmin doesn't lie... we did 11 miles in 1:56... pretty slow, but they were quality miles and I had just run that "Fast" 10k yesterday, so it wasn't so bad all things considered. Then we had some food by the Georgetown waterfront, chocolate cake included.
The Goat is an unbelievable ultrarunner - he finished the Western States Endurance Run (100 miler) twice, including one time in 21st place, and the JFK 50-miler in 25th place in 2007 - what a stud! He's giving me good advice about running smarter, and is a great source of inspiration. He trains with elite runner Michael Wardian once a week, which means he really can be fast! If these runs with faster guys don't make me go faster, nothing will!
I'm going to take Monday off since I have a lot of work and studying to do, but hope to run every day this week after that. |