Easy 5 miles

I ran 5 mi at a pace of 9:08 min/mi today. There was snow where I was going backpacking so I decided to delay the trip by a day. I feel very fit after 4-6 weeks of keeping my paces at Daniels' Vdot 42. If I had trained for the Steamboat Marathon this way I would have had a much better time. I think the key parameter is the Easy/Long pace. The proof will be me running a 1:45 in the 9/13 Half Marathon at Boulder Rez.