91F (but only 18% humidity) 2:02:45 (1:06:13/56:32). The first two miles of this run were super slow, I just felt sluggish. I started picking it up a little by the end, but I just wanted to finish the run and feel good so I really didn't check my splits going out. I got water at the turn-around (the good thing about doing 14 miles is that at 7 miles there is this huge park that has refrigerated drinking fountains!!! quite a luxury - the water coming from some of the other drinking fountains on this route is so hot you could make hot tea from it -- not that I am complaining, when it is 90-100F out water is water ;-) ). Anyway, I just started picking it up at the turnaround, my first couple miles were about 8:30 pace and then by about mile 12 I was dropping down into the 7:45-7:50 range. It felt good. The last mile was about 7:30 and I still felt like I was running pretty easy. No cussing today -- I guess I am too tired ;-). Happy Sunday bloggers. Congratulations to all the racers yesterday, and happy family day to everyone.
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