Last Long Run [Entered 5/8/06]

Saturday, it was time for the last longer run before Indy. Most of the peeps were running the Texas Roundup 10K, so the Indy gang (Frank, Alex and I) met up along the trail at 6:30 am and were joined by Mike, Rich and Thon for a Longhorn Dam loop of 10.1 miles. It was fairly nice weather for this late in the year, and we had a great time cruising around the lake. With all the people, we had chances to talk about a zillion things, and generally just had fun. We ended up with right at 9:00/mile pace for the loop, and it felt comfortable. That's a good thing, of course. No real "fast finish" on today's long run, although I picked it up just a little for the last mile or so. I certainly didn't run away from anybody, being the slowest guy in the group, probably. :-)

Afterwards, Alex, Frank and I went over to RunTex and stretched while we watched the runners go by. I think we caught most of our friends running, and tried to encourage them as best we could. They changed the race this year so that the 5K runners started with the 10K runners, but ran along the same course through about 1 mile. Then, the 5K people cut over to the last part of the 10K course. That meant that the fast finishers for the 10K had to deal with mobs of slower 5K runners spread across the street, which didn't seem to be the best idea.

Anyway, it was a pretty fun day, and now we've got very little left to do before flying up to tackle the Indy Mini. We're ready now, and just need to do some minor tuneup running between now and next Saturday. For the week, right at 30 miles.