PM: 12 miles firm, averaged 6:52.
Broke one of my running rules and drove to run on the Paint Creek Trail. It was 70 and decently rainy. The trail is flat, hard packed dirt. Got wet and sandy. I loved it and the trail.
Jumped two deer and other one farther down. They were munching when I came back. I was probably 6 feet away cruising around 6:20 pace and it barely looked at me. We also have black squirrels, which I first saw in Philadelphia.
Got out fairly quick and ran 7:15 for the first 6 miles about 44 minutes. Then 6:28 pace on the way back in about 38:30. Glad for the bathroom at the end. I was going to give it heck the last two miles but my stomach was giving me grief. Must have been the overpriced Boy Scout popcorn I got talked into.
At least a hundred ducks hanging out at the park at the trail head. I'm very tired.
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