For the second year in a row, I took on this 8K early in the year, the second of three races in the Great Aloha Run Readiness Series. Having had a rocking 5K a couple of weeks ago I was hoping for a lot of the same.

And in large part, I had it.

Compared to last year’s 11:29 pace, I finished at 10:02–just a hair over the 10 minute mark I consider pretty tough to attain. While my stated target pace was 10:30–same as the 5K, given that the difference in pace between my 5K and 8K last year was 26 seconds (the 8K being a longer race, resulting in a slower pace), I was secretly wishing I might be able to do the same and end up at a pace of 9:39 or so. But regardless, not only is it my best time in an 8K (of which I have only run two) or 10K (of which I’ve run four), it was 1:27 per mile faster than last year’s pace.

If I keep that kind of improvement up, I’ll be quite pleased with the way things go. Next up is the Johnny Faerber 10K in a couple of weeks, then the Great Aloha Run two weeks later.

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