This run is an important milestone for preparing to run the Cal Marathon. Three weeks off, it offers a chance to run hard under similar race conditions and still recover for Cal. My goal was to run 6:50 pace which is what I needed at Cal to break 3:00:00. This would be my fastest pace ever in a long distance race. My partner, Dave Davis, was right behind me for most of it. At times it started to hurt and my knee would complain. That made me run faster sometimes. It turned out to be a very successful run, for me (6:45 pace) and for Dave, Todd and Trudi!