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16 Miles

Today I had one of my long runs - 16 miles! It went awesome. I ran to Harvard's Arboritum which is basically a giant garden right outside the city. The miles flew by a I ran past all sorts of gardens, lakes, ponds, streams, over bridges, across dirt paths and found some pretty great trails. The even better part was it wasn't all flat like Boston tends to be, there were definitely some hills. I think I'm going to do all my long runs there. By the time I get there I'm already 5 miles in so it works out. I can't wait to bring Chris there he's going to love it!
I kept it at a 9 min/mile pace which was comfortable enough for me to feel good the whole run but fast enough for me to feel like I was pushing myself and not just jogging through the motions. Hopefully I can keep this pace or faster for the MDI marathon, which is quickly approaching. The only thing is MDI is almost all uphill so I'm going to have to step up the hill repeats/running Heartbreak hill.

1 month, 6 days until marathon #2!

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