5:56 pace, Gateway. It was an unseasonably toasty late October morning. I was glad to get on the Gateway one more time before the leaves are gone. Speaking of them, I caught 3 today (season total: 5), including one on accident. I was reminded how these should cause bad blisters. I'm a little sad that this run was such a grind. I feel like I am a solid 10 seconds slower on long runs than I used to be. You could say maybe it was impacted by me starting at the Oakdale nature preserve due to a road closure, but I know what my trail splits were, and they were not as fast as they should have been for how hard it was. Splits: 5:55, 5:53, 5:55, 5:46, 5:50, 5:56, 5:58, 5:57, 5:53, 5:53, 5:48, 5:53.
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