Visited my grandfather in Wakefield and hit Lake Quannapowitt for 3 laps. I focused on picking up my pace each lap. The loop is a little over 3 miles. The day was absolutely perfect; cool, sunny, and no wind. I actually did these a little faster than I thought, when I mapped the run it shows the loop as around 3.15 miles. Actually started around my goal marathon pace and dropped to about my 15k pace on the last one- I thought I was starting at about 20 sec above marathon pace and finishing about 10 sec below, just going on feel and looking at the time each lap (I was calculating it as 3 miles). It was really encouraging to calculate the split times and find out I was clocking about 10sec per mile faster than I felt I was. I guess it sometimes pays not to think about the clock/distance thing too hard sometimes. Summary:
1st-23:30/7:27
2nd-23:06/7:20
3rd-21:49/6:55
Total: 9.45miles-1:08:27/7:15
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