The last Ashton Mills run?

An end of an era if you will occurred this weekend when Knapp and I tackled an easy 10 miler before moving out of Ashton Mills.  These runs are a part of the training plans toward the Chicago Marathon and Hartford Half Marathon, respectively.  The run was hallmarked by the shirtless Top Gun like run through the bike path one last time as we spoke on many a topic that made me realize we are adults (almost).

Personally, mile repeats are what you do if you like the feeling of throwing up.  I had to not only amp myself up to keep the 7:30 pace during the mile repeats by pretending I was racing, but I had to control my gag reflexes on the last repeat as my body instinctively knew it was the end of this faux race.  

5,000 miles over the past 4.5 years, just broke 1,000 and counting for the year, and finally back to 30.0 miles/wk average after fluctuating between 29.4 and 29.6 miles/wk.  Today was a good day.