Aug 8, 7 miles

tonight emily and her friend adrienne wanted to run. they have a 1/2 marathon towards the end of september and i have been giving them a hard time about not running enough. so emily asked if i was going to run with them and i said sure. i was running 7 and they were trying 3 (after i wouldn't let them quit at 2). so i ran with them to give them encouragement as much as i could. the run actually felt pretty good. when emily and adrienne stopped i was right around 3.3 miles (they finished 3). at that point my pace was a little over 11 minute miles. the rest of the run i was under 10 minute miles. overall a pretty good run. i actually finished in about the time i thought i might have finished even if i had not ran with emily and adrienne. i think running when it was a bit cooler really helped me finish stronger than i would have expected. so the final time was 1:16.24, a pace of 10:55. thought of the day: amazing how much better it feels running in cooler temperatures. i actually ran a large part of this run after dark. this 7 mile run felt easier than the first 4 miles of my last 13 mile run. hope the temperatures stay cool at least at night, i might have to become a night runner again.