w6,d6

Ran 2.1 miles to the marathon sports store in Brookline for an 830 start. Kind of late to start but I guess we don't have heat to worry about yet. I still would have preferred to begin earlier especially since it was light and good vosibility by 5 am. I woke up at 430 and I could tell the sun was coming up. Anyway people began rolling in at 830 840 and I found out their was one person going 16 and he said his pace was 9 - 845. So I decided to tn with the guys going 10 since they looked like they would run a decent pace. We began at a fair pace seemed like 715ish but after about 2 miles we reached the the first hill and things got Interesting. The pace clearly picked up and didn't slow down after we topped the first hill. It was obvious they were only running 10 but I figured I would just go with the flow. By this point our group of 6 was a group of 4 and one guy was asking how long we planned to hold the pace. I wasn't sure and the guy responsible for the pace just kind of laughed. So we made it what I guess was half way and made 2 rights and began heading back. I wasn't sure of the route so I was kind of forced into the pace. On the way back we ran up the heartbreak hills which is where myself and the guy who asked about the pace let the other two go. We ended up finishing the 10.3 mles in 1hr14 min, no stops no water. At the end of the run I found out the pacer used to run with the german national team so I didn't feel so bad. He did look tired when we found them at the end of the run. They finished 1.5 min ahead of us. Made my 2.1 mile run home and called it a day.

Total distance- 14.5 miles. Time 1hr46min.