18 in 2:10:27 (7:15). Ran 2.5 and met Melanie B. (all her training friends are recovering from last weekend's marathon) and we ran up by Smith's Mktplace and up from there about two miles, which meant we climbed up Suncrest a good bit. Turned around at her 7 mile mark and my 8.50 mark and did a tempo for 7 miles back down into her neighborhood. Splits were 7:17 (part of this was going up Suncrest), 6:19, 6:20, 6:26, 6:22, 6:26, 6:25. I was nervous about being able to go fast today, but I actually felt pretty good, especially on the downhill portions of the tempo. I never run this fast on a long run. In fact, we even kept a pretty good pace on the first part of the run. But, it was a good run and glad I did it. CF PM 2.25 slow, easy miles on the JRP.
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