Rev, Tenderloin and I met in the gloom for a slightly planned Wally Run. Tenderloin was gimpy in the knee but planning to stick to his goal. Rev and I wished him luck as he headed to the track.
I informed Rev that he and I would be doing a tempo run. I texted him the Jack Daniels VDOT Running Calculator Wednesday night – https://runsmartproject.com/calculator/
Using his 2nd place 10 mile finish at the Lakeview Distance Festival, The Rev came prepared with his threshold pace of 8:15/mile. I had calculated mine to be 7:15/mile. I told him we would warm-up on the way to Duplessis and then we would run two Wally Run Big Loops (3 miles total) at our threshold pace. We got to Duplessis ( a little faster than I wanted) and I proceeded to increase my pace to 7:15/mile. As I sped up the good Rev was right beside me. Had I forgotten to inform him that because of our different paces, we wouldn’t be running the loops together? Maybe his Chinese Knock off watch was telling him that he was running at an 8:15 pace? Was he scared of the dark? Is he lonely and crying out for help? Was he wanting to finish telling me his book review of about the latest archeological find in the caves of Isreal? I really have no idea. I can’t think and run at the same time, so I decided not to worry about it.
The Good Reverend did slow down eventually, but not that much. His pace was at least a half minute faster during the tempo run than he was planning on. He’s obviously faster than he realized and is now the odd’s on favorite for a first place finish in next years Lakeview Distance Festival. I hit my pace about right. We finished up with a slow jog back to the start where we found Tenderloin finishing his final lap to meet his goal.
YHC prayed us out.
