Nahant 30k

Went significantly faster than I thought on this one. I hit my watch at each mile but resisted looking at the time. No one passed me at all from 4 miles on, and I did quite a bit of passing. Hard to get a good guage on this result, because I think this course is probably hard due to all the hills and turns-if that is the case I am really pleased w/ my fitness. I had planned on running around 7:15's for most of it and practice hitting all the water stops for gatorade. I did glance at my watch 2 miles in and saw 14 flat, but I was feeling good and a few people were walking away from me so I just figured I was in the process of settling, plus the first 3 miles is flat along the beach. Ran by feel for the entirety and finished strong (although after reviewing my splits miles 15-17 were a typical plod fest/basically holding on until the finish was in sight) I drank quite a bit of gatorade throughout.  Beat my previous time on this course in 2009 by 9 minutes, more than likely beat my 1/2 marathon PR (I've only run 1). My family was at 8 miles/13 miles and the finish-all around an awesome morning. Good enough for 14th place.  Splits:
1-?
2-?/14:00
3-6:54/20:54
4-7:01/27:56
5-6:48/34:45
6-7:04/41:49
7-7:04/48:54
8-6:32/55:26
9-6:39/1:02:06
10-6:53/1:09:00
11-6:51/1:15:10
12-6:41/1:22:32
13-6:57/1:29:30
14-6:34/1:36:04
15-7:39/1:43:44
16-7:06/1:50:50
17-7:17/1:58:08
18-6:37/2:04:45
Finish: 2:08:57/6:56

Return to Charlestown Track (3 x Mile)

I was short on time and had wanted to get some quality distance so I changed it up and just went for quality up tempo running. I have been reluctant to go near the track because I haven't been near it since before I got sick and quite frankly I am superstitious. The last time I ran on the track I did short 200's pulled a hamstring and two months later got sick and hadn't been even tempted to go near it in over a year and 4 months. Well I decided to pop the cherry today. I was basically jogging by it kind of pissed that due to obligations I only had about 40 minutes to spare and was trying to figure my route and basically figured I wouldn't  get much more than about 4 miles of easy jogging. So I took a hard left jogged onto the track and banged out 3xmile with 1/4 mile jog in between. I had no particular goal other than I figured I would shoot for 10k pace on the first one and see how I felt. I ended up starting about there and picking it up a bit for the last two. Felt good to do some hard running, plus the track is rubber so it feels forgiving underneath. Oh yeah, I finally took the time to figure out where the actual mile start and finish is.  Splits:
1-6:32
2-6:26
3-6:23