9:37 avg pace
Started at Will's w/ Jos and Mom. We started going up, but ran into Tom and he said it was really windy so we turned around. Went on the path down 5 and back. Ended up being better than starting the other way, this way I got down hill to end. My brain wrapped around that pretty easily, I don't know if I could have mentally made it as well w/ 3.5 up hill to end off. Josse stopped at 10 and Mom went up a couple miles but was behind me so I ran the last 7 by myself. I was a bit tired and could feel it but managed an 8:46 and 8:30 the last 2 miles. Pretty happy w/ it.. surprised at how well my legs felt.
At this point I feel like I'm on track to do what I want at UVM. I really want to make my goal and am training better than I have in the past. 40 miles has been my max when training previously(I don't think I ever hit 40 for the last one I did) and I'm already there. Working hard and enjoying it!
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