Long run with a fast finish, just because I wanted to be done. 6:53 am, 33-40°, 79-53% humidity, winds 12 NNW, gusting to 20. Well, we didn't get a big snow storm like I was afraid we would. It tried to snow a little bit last night, but never amounted to anything. So the only issue this morning was the cold and the wind. The cold actually wasn't too bad except when I was going into the wind. The wind got a little worse during the course of the run. The voting yesterday was unanimous in favor of my running the 4 mile loop 5 times, so that's what I did. Michelle ran to my house and then ran my second loop and then she ran back home. It was nice to have company for part of the run. In accordance with jun's recommendation yesterday, I alternated directions. I normally run this route clockwise, but today I ran the 1st, 3rd, and 5th loops counter-clockwise and the 2nd and 4th loops clockwise. I came in my house for a bathroom break and some water after the second loop, and then I stopped again after the third loop and had about half of an apple pie flavored hammer gel and some water. There's nothing really exciting to report about this run. I'm just glad it's over. AP: 9:17. Splits: 9:34, 9:32, 9;16, 9:17, 10:01, 9:50, 9;51, 9:46, 9:09, 9:09, 9:08, 9:04, 9:00, 9:08, 9:06, 9:04, 9;12, 9:09, 9:07, 8:21. I'm calling that last mile a fast mile because it's below my arbitrary designation of anything below 8:30 as fast.
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