53 Min Run (Push) --160--

SILVER LAKE -- Breakthrough run by any measure. Watched some NY Marathon on TV today and couldn't shake the idea of getting out today just to shake off the rust from yesterday. Thought about the usual loop, but thought it might be interesting to do it on the reservoir after a pretty grueling effort yesterday.

Took the little phone app and tried a minor adjustment to the form -- kicking the leg up firmly behind the tush like a sprinter...something I read about in New Yorker and saw in action during the 'thon. Took a few peeks at the GPS and saw I was doing a decent pace so I kept it up. Really started flying around the water (the only real flat portion) using the new form...took a quick vid of the sunset that might cause nausea, but is still worth capturing. Really picked people off left and right. At the flat parts I was drilling down under 7m/m.

Got around and saw I was easily besting my all-time 5 mile time by minutes. Watched the 10k arrive on one of the last uphills with the clock @ 46:58. Finished the course which was seven miles at 53:01, I think. I'll try to post the course on here, though the app is a little wonky.

The thing said my top pace was 5:20, which I might have gotten in the last sprint. Really like that leg kick thing. But this entire run was beyond expectation. Best time on this course by like 4 minutes plus.