Long run today. I felt pretty good, a little sore from yesterday and this week (running outside is definitely different from on a treadmill), but other than that the run felt okay. I tried to keep my pace slower which isn't easy for me. It seems that my body is most comfortable with about a 7:30-7:15 pace, so I have to make a conscious effort to keep it slow. The course that I made today had 3 really steep hills and a couple little rolling ones so that affected my time from mile 4-7. I was proud of my splits the last 4 miles though. I was glad to see that I had the energy and determination to hit those times after already running 8 miles. 8:05 7:53 7:49 8:01 8:25 8:47 8:11 8:08 7:49 7:36 7:36 7:32 = 7:59 average and 158BPM | 