Devil Dog 7K 2013

I ran the Devil Dog 7K on Wednesday morning. I really like the runs that Marine Base Henderson Hall puts on. They are low key but challenging. The course takes you from Smith Gym on one side of the base, along the wall of Arlington Cemetery, out the other side of the base and downhill to the Iwo Jima Memorial. You then loop around the Memorial and then return to Smith Gym. It was a little longer the advertised 7K and Fort Whipple Hill is a great downhill but it really makes a tough return trip uphill. I finished strong and ran my fasted mile on the uphill during mile 3, which was my plan. I was the 8th male finisher and 9th overall. Yes, I got beat by one chic by 30 seconds...LOL!

40 Days and Nights until the MCM

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Well, its on!

Bobbi's 70.3 is over and I am now going to concentrate on getting ready for the MCM.

It started with the Navy/Air Force Half Marathon last Saturday.

It's a great course and ran a PR pace for the first 10 miles before shutting it down and jogging in the last three mile. Despite the scaling back I nearly PR's the with a 8:03/mi pace.

Tomorrow, I tackle the the third race of the Henderson Hall Ooh Rah Series - The Devil Dog 7K...My goal is to hit this one hard including Fort Whipple Hill (which I have talked about before)....Shooting for a sub 31:00 or less than 7 min/mi...