A fast 10k

Congratulations to the marathon group for completing their first 20 miler - that's The Wall - about the spot where your body decides it's time to stop. Back in the pre-Gatorade and Gu days, you would have about exhausted the easy energy stored in your muscles, and your brain would get a little panicky about running out of food.
Your legs are fully capable of going on and on, take a look at the success of the Badwater ultramarathon - running out of the lowest point in North America toward the top of Mount Whitney. Really, people do this. In July, no less.

We won't have to worry about physical walls, it's all mental for us. 13.1 miles will be a cake walk if you do your homework. Our legs, lungs, brains and heart are all ready for this, each of you can run a half-marathon tomorrow and go back to work on Tuesday with no problem, it's a matter of How Fast now. Fearless Leader Erin led us on a 10k run, 1:04:15 - by the way, putting that into the Runner's World finish time calculator spits out ......2:15:27! If you are a little sore this morning, you earned it. We did half our race at the right speed.

The group is shrinking! If you slept in because it was howling wind and smoky air, good for you. You made the right decision. If you weren't there for any other reason: shame. We need the group to be strong, a solid pack of 2:15 muscle to blast through the maddening Elvis horde and trample through the pesty brides and grooms clogging our starting line.

See you at 6 am from now on!
Ryan the Terrible
Fearless Leader