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that's interesting, i've heard raves about the bostons as well. was considering a pair because they're allegedly closer to a pre-superfoam-style racing flat like my beloved kinvara ~8-13s. what don't you like about them?

evos are great, though. lightweight, responsive without being too squishy, corner pretty well for high-stack shoes (better than novablast).

- run 55:55, 9.63 km
sore, especially in glutes but also quads a bit. nice recovery pace, HR never went over 136 and averaged 125.

went back and looked through half results. i passed 18 people in the second half of the race, including five in the last 1.1 miles. neat.

- run 54:53, 9.60 km
humid and pushing hot

headache was worse yesterday, came in waves all day and i spend big chunks of the day lying down. unusually, it was concentrated on the left side most of the time. no run or exercise.

felt better this morning, although i didn't sleep all that well.

- track intervals
-- warm up
-- 8 x [600m @ 5k pace, 100m walk]
-- cool down
pretty sore quads. did the first six reps in 3:49-3:54, then the last two stuck on the shoulder of a woman who's faster than me, just for fun: 3:39, 3:40. harder but still felt quite doable.

- half marathon in 1:29:54 (watch), 1:30:28 (chip), 1:30:41 (gun)
very happy with this. i didn't red-line as early as i could have, so even at my current fitness i might have knocked off a few seconds. but i did kick enough at the end to pass a few people, including one guy right at the line, so i don't feel like i left too much in the tank. race and learn. pacing other than that was excellent: first third averaging 4:22, second third 4:15, and final third 4:10. i've been hurt twice since january, so training did not go as well as it could have. i only had one week over 40 miles.

and, most amazingly of all, my watch time was under 1:30. 

conditions were great, low 50's fahrenheit and dry, although there were a few sections in the final third into a pretty stiff headwind. but overall, no complaints on that front. the course has some longish hills but they're all pretty gentle. if i don't sign up for the cherry blossom ten-miler next year, i'll probably do this race again.

upon further reflection, i really think it would have been asking for injury to try to ramp up for a 40-miler that soon. i will look for races later in the summer.

- run 38:10, 7.12 km
nice and easy. warm and humid. sunday is supposed to be cool but maybe pretty windy, hope that holds off until later in the day.