Forbidden Drive + Schuykill River Trail - 16 miles, averaged 7:37 w/ 5.5 aerobic tempo (~6:50 on the watch)
Did some exploring. I ran to the Forbidden Drive trail and took it out until I hit about 8 miles. I picked up the Wissahickon Bike Trail for just a piece (I think) then onto the Schuykill River trail toward Kelly Drive almost to Falls Bridge (other 2-3 miles out and I would have been at the Philadelphia Museum of Art but didn't have the strength to go 20+ with a tempo in the middle). I tempoed a bit on the way back. Tempo was weak but I think with the tree cover my Garmin was off a good bit. Lots of gradual ascent in there actually.
I was running 6:55-7:00 according to my Garmin but I felt like I was moving 6:30-6:45 and when I got out from under tree my watch would jump down. I tried two markers and found .95 and .94. I have no way of knowing how accurate those are (they seem to be consistent). Effort was right for now. I'll worry about pace sometime in the next 18 weeks.
I lost 13-15 seconds overall in the final 2-2.5 miles with an 11:00 minute pace half mile climb up Rex Hill.
I had two horses running at me, which was new and there was a woman in a cart being pulled by a Chetlan Pony.
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