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Last Good Run.

You know what I mean. When was your last really good run? The kind that keeps you coming back for more.

Two weeks ago I did stellar eight miler. It was meant to be an easy out and back, but about two miles into it, I just felt great. Coming home, rather than having to really work the hills, I felt great.

Since then, it's been pretty slow, but steady at least.

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Permalink Reply by niCk on November 1, 2007 at 10:09am: I have good and not so good runs every week.

There was one run I did early this year. I did a 10 mile run at a slow pace, probably around 8:30 miles, and I was in nirvana for the rest of the day. The run seemed effortless and the result was spectacular.

There are some days I feel so good running, I don't want to stop, ever have runs like that?

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Permalink Reply by Oktree (Teresa) on November 2, 2007 at 8:30am: niCK - 8:30 pace is fast for me, but I understand your sentiment!

The 15K race I ran last Saturday left me feeling on top of the world. I was psyched with my time as it reflected my training. It was a perfect day - cloudless, mid 40's to start, mid 50's to end, slight breeze. Between that race and the Denver Half Marathon 2 weeks prior gave me the nudge to commit to another marathon.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by merrymishaps on November 5, 2007 at 7:44am: I always feel awesome after a run where I push my pace a little beyond my comfort zone.

I'm still getting my "speed" back after doing Galloway run/walk for my first marathon in May, but I think I'm pretty much recovered now. My normal pace for long runs is probably 10 to 10:30 (unless it's summer, and super hot and humid, then it might get pushed down to almost 11).

For 5Ks it can be as low as 9, but usually more like 9:30 to 10.

I am a mentor in a 10K training program and my friend / class coach tasked me to run with a man recovering from an injury who wanted someone to help him pace himself. He thought he wanted to run a 9:30 - 10 pace.

We ended up doing four miles at a 9:12 average. He set the pace. So, he was faster than he thought he was, and I was too. I was thrilled -- I didn't think I could still do that!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bill Braine on November 6, 2007 at 5:42pm: I'm starting to over-nostalgiaize this one race from 2006, but I did a 30k that was really the best run I've done (the Wurtsboro Mountain 30k). I was training for the Vermont City Marathon at the time, and this cold, hilly 18.6-miler tested me. I felt fantastic afterwards.

More recently, I PR'd in a 10k just three weeks ago (Tri-State Classic) -- very fun, but not quite as rewarding as that hellacious climb last year.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Shalini on November 7, 2007 at 9:32pm: I had a great 5.5 miler last weekend on a new route right in my neighborhood that my husband introduced me to. There's something great about a new route-you don't dread the hills because you don't know they're coming. Ignorance is bliss!; ▶ Reply to This