~8.3 miles @ ~9.6 min/mi

"It is what it is!" Eric London observes. We take turns blaming each other for setting too fast a pace, then get back to comparing injuries, philosophizing about life, marveling at parallels in our running and family histories, recommending books, and exchanging training/racing secrets (#1: There Are No Secrets).

Eric is on a slow-for-him solo recovery trek after his Rock & Roll half-marathon course PR yesterday. I'm on a fast-for-me solo sprint along Rock Creek and the Matthew Henson Trail. It's a soggy Sunday morning. Eric catches me after a couple of my ~10.5 min/mi miles. Together, the next half dozen splits by my GPS go 9:06 + 9:42 + 8:45 + 8:48 + 9:10 + 9:33 — whew!

(trackfile) - ^z - 2016-04-02