AM: Woke up this morning feeling pretty decent so I was excited to get out and go. The plan was to do between 15-18 total miles with some tempo at the turn around. I asked my Dad to pace along side of me on his mountain bike and he was glad to do it. After a mile of warming up and getting the legs loose I locked into a comfortable 6:53 ap for the first 8 miles. I turned around at this point and my mom came and met up with us on Texla Road and gave us 2 bottles of powerade. I was completely soaked and starting to feel it. I decided to try and do some tempo. After about a mile and a half at only 6 minute pace, I knew I was in trouble. I decided a 4 mile fartlek was a better idea. I backed off and did anywhere from 1/4 mile to 3/4 mile variations from there. One of the splits was 5:30 pace so I felt better about that. At 13 miles I could tell I was depleted and decided CD. We ran into Boman Fawcett a cousin of mine and talked to him for a few minutes. The last few miles were very comfortable at 7:20 ap. My sister was heading out on a run when I hit 16.25 miles so I decided to run a little with her to total 17. Great workout and total mileage run for me. This is the longest run I have ever done in Texas and where I grew up. The longest I had ever run in High School was 12. My Dad never wanted me to burn out. I just needed college to do exactly that for me :) | 