I accomplished the goal today of running 10 miles. I showed up at Fresh Pond in Cambridge, MA. to run the 2.5/5 Mile weekly 10am Road Race. The race happens rain or shine every Saturday morning, and is free. 1 loop around the pond is exactly 2.5 miles...if you raise your hand at the finish, they give you your time and popsicle stick with the place you finished. If you want to run 5 miles, you keep running through the finish line. That was me today. I arrived at 9:25 with 76 degre temps and started with running the 2.5 mile loop once for a warmup in 19:50.
I then stretched, and got ready to compete in the race. I completed the first 2.5 mile split in 17:21, and during the second lap started to fade a bit. My second 2.5 mile lap was 17:41, giving me an overall time of 35:02 for 5 miles. Thus making my per minute pace 7:00. Awesome pace for 5 consecutive miles. Finally, I finished with another lap for my cooldown in 21:07. Adding it all up, I ran a total of 10 miles in 75 minutes and 59 seconds.
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