long run day. Building up to 8 miles today in the 87 degree heat and did I ever feel the heat! I still ran very well, just definitely wasnt much shade on the trail. Even finished off the last mile with a GMP mile, pretty cool. Splits: 1- 7:10.6 2- 7:02.2 3- 7:08.0 4- 7:07.7 (28:28, 7:07 avg on the way out, 20 mph wind at my back) 5- 7:23.7 6- 7:21.1 7- 7:32.9 8- 6:58.6 TOTAL-- 57:44, 7:13 avg pace Overall, a really good run. You can see where I turned around at mile 4 and went into the 20 mph wind instead of having it at my back. The difference was first four miles=28:28, last 4, 29:16. Almost a minute positive split. So the wind and heat definitely played with my splits but didnt really affect me too much as I felt decent throughout.
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