Completely unexpected result today. Most of my runs have been very slow, so I thought 1:55-2:00 would be about all I could do. There was also a crazy headwind, so I figured that would slow me down a bit, too. I decided to run by feel and not pay much attention to my watch. I have it set so that it does not alert me to my mile splits while running, so I really had no idea what pace I was doing. At mile 6, I looked at my average pace and saw it was 8:06. What?!? So I made the decision that I was going to keep pushing. Around mile 7, the wind seemed to get worse, the downhills were less steep, my pace was slowing and it was starting to get hard. My average pace slowed a lot during mile 8, but mentally, I was committed to trying not to slow down anymore. The rolling hills through Entrada were tough, but I felt pretty strong and was able to keep my pace. I passed a lot of people in the last 3 miles, and was super happy to finish in 1:48. Splits
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