Zack and I and a friend of Zack's drove out to River Road (North Eugene) for a long run. The course was just straight along the road for about 7 miles, then a half-mile foray into the town of Junction City, and back. First 7.5 in 58:30, first 10 in 77:15. Last 5 wanted to go about 7:00 pace or better...eleventh mile 6:52, with stomach starting to hurt; Zack passed me at about mile 11.5, and a bit after mile 12 I was reduced to a walk for about 20-30 seconds, before I found a big tree on the side of the road to go behind. Took :57 for that pitstop, and then I made it my goal to catch Zack. Between mile 13.5 and 14.5 was 5:53, and caught Zack right after. So the last 5 miles were 6:54 pace, but that included taking about a minute and a half to go ~50m. Both Zack and I felt surprisingly good after. We stopped by a gyro place on the way back home for the first course of our post-run meal, and watched the football game to relax.
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