AM: Awesome 17 mile run from Jake's and Andrea's place with Scott, Mike, Fritz, Chad, Jake, and Andrea. Cold out (single digits) but we definitely warmed up during the run. Warmed up 4 miles. Then did 10 mile tempo run in 53:42 (I think I'll copy Jakes' idea of bolding important workouts). I stayed right with Jake for 8.5 miles and then he sped up while I maintained. I felt very strong. There were times I wondered if I could make it the entire 10 miles, and I took it mile-by-mile at times, but I felt strong the entire time and I finished feeling like I could keep going. Splits (these are slightly different than what Jake posted, but this is what my Garmin said): 5:16, 5:20, 5:18, 5:25, 5:18, 5:22, 5:25, 5:21, 5:27, 5:24 (5:22 average). Confidence-building and a lot of fun. Jake was a total animal as usual. Fritz looked great and wisely backed off after a few miles because of his hamstring. Mike looked great also and even helped Jake and me out by jumping in and doing some mile repeats near the end of our tempo run. Was great to have Scott there with us! He looked great and wisely mostly ran easy. Chad did great. And Andrea certainly didn't look like she has been struggling with injuries -- she's got running in her genes. We then capped it off with an excellent breakfast prepared by Andrea! It was so tasty and really hit the spot! Thanks Andrea! Thanks guys for an amazing and fun run! PM: Upper body weights.
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