First Crack at a Predator Run

Time: 89:37
Distance: 13.96 miles

W/u: 21:50 for 2.77 miles
W/o: 42:14 for 8.01 miles
C/d: 25:33 for 3.18 miles

We were out the door bright and early for my first ever Predator Run. Meagan and I met up with Scotty along Pickard and found are starting point at the corner of Timberdell. Our route consisted of two loops which we did twice each. The first (big) loop was approx. 2.5 miles long and the smaller one was 1.5 miles around. The goal was to start out at 5:25 pace and cut the splits down to about 5:05.

Scotty and I started out together for about the first 3 miles and then he dropped back just a touch. I split: 5:24, 5:24, 5:21, 5:18, 5:17, 5:12, 5:13, 5:04 for 42:14 total and an avg. of 5:17.

The weather has finally turned a little hot but it wasn't brutal. I took water just before 5 miles and accidently knocked over Scotty's bottle in the process. The toughest miles were going out Timberdell and running north on Pickard. Both sections are just slightly uphill, enough to make the pace lag in areas which is why you see the splits level off. The effort would increase the splits would stay about the same. Overall this was a solid workout and I was glad at how I dropped the pace relatively well.