Run With Carena

Today I went for a run with my fiancée, and it was much better than my hungover run. I actually don't run with her very often, so we don't know each others' desired pace. I thought she wanted to run faster, and she thought I wanted to run faster, so we ended up running faster than either of us intended. In the end, I think it was a good thing. I ended up doing a little over 4 miles (details) at an average pace of 9:14, which for Lakeville, especially near me, is a pretty good pace considering the hills (though looking at the actual elevation gain, maybe I'm just a wimp). I'd imagine I could achieve an average pace closer to 8:30-8:40 on flat ground at the same effort level. It's difficult at the moment to see how I could maintain that pace for a whole 13.1 miles, but I think that I can achieve that in 2.5 months worth of training. Maybe this weekend I'll try for something in the 8 mile range with a goal pace of 9:30-9:45, just to see where I'm at.