I ran from home to Bridal Veil Falls and back with Kevin and Wayne. Larry and Kurt were also there for the first part of the run back Larry had time constraints so they turned back early. Interestingly enough, like last Saturday we ran 15 miles, and exactly like last Saturday I averaged 8:20/mi. A key difference was that last week's run was mostly all downhill, while today's run, being up and back, had plenty of uphill to balance the downhill. We ran the first 4.5 miles at an easy 8:50/mi pace, and then pushed the last 3 miles up at 8:10/mi. On the way back, we ran the first 1.7 miles at an easy 8:19/mi, pushed the next 1.7 miles at 7:40/mi, and then pushed the last 0.9 miles to the mouth at 7:27/mi. I ran the hill up from the mouth to the Cascade golf course at 9:04/mi, and then managed to average 7:51/mi the last 2.75 miles home. I feel good about this, except that the last 3 miles Kevin and Wayne gradually pulled away. Kevin finished well over 2 minutes ahead of me. I feel like I had a good run, but they had a great run. I'm glad we left at 5am today (due to Larry's schedule). The weather was perfect and the morning was beautiful. A later start and I think it would have been too warm. | 