My run last night. 9.42 miles at an average pace of 9:42 min/mile. Total coincidence. Nothing spectacular or noteworthy about the run, with the exception of pace/distance numbers being identical.
It got me to thinking how short of a run I could manage to do this.
9 miles at 9 min/mile?
8 miles at 8 min/mile?
I ran the Oshkosh half marathon in 2010 at an 8:42 pace. So I know I can at least do 8.42 miles at an 8:42 pace. The fastest I've ever run was 7:52 at the Point Bock Run, also in 2010. But that was only 5 miles. No way I could have held that pace for another 2.52 miles. So the answer lies somewhere in between. Likely somewhere in the 8.00 - 8.15 range.
Welcome to the odd musings of a numbers based mind.
