Up and back on the marathon course from the finish line. The run up was fairly uneventful---just kept a steady pace (though it does kind of make you feel tough to pass everyone else who has taken the easy way and only runs down). Made it just past the Ledges overpass when I hit 8 miles and turned around. Tried to pick it up on the way back down. Could feel my left Achilles a bit and the hip/groin gradually got more and more annoyed. Averaged 6:48 on the way back---not an all out effort, but my quads were feeling pretty trashed by the end. Ice bath afterwards.
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