I got up early to get this run in before work. I hate pushes at work. The overtime is nice, but I haven't seen my kids for 6 days. Route was home to Farmington Pond via shoreline trail, then back via Farmington Creek Trail and Main Street. It was cold this morning. I saw one person on the trail, a couple tents of people freezing overnight, a red-tail hawk and two deer. I ate a gel at mile 8. By mile 11, I was feeling great. Three of the last five miles were well under my goal marathon pace. Once the gel wore off, things got very hard. Mile 14 was 7:44, and 15 was 7:22.
All the trail miles were much slower. That's okay. My heart rate was through the roof. Some crazy lady almost ran me over by the cemetery. She ran a stop sign, and didn't see me coming. That would have been convenient. She rolled down her window to say sorry, at least. I told her "Go to #$@## you old, dumb @#$%%". Not really. I said, "It's okay" and kept running.
Now I'm tired. My recovery breakfast of McDonalds pancakes and sausage tasted very very good. | 