It was 55 degrees when I left this morning......70 by the time I was done. My run was different today. I needed to pick up a company car that was left at the airport and wanted to make my run end there. I started out with Barry Smith and we met Todd in Chubbuck. We ran around Chubbuck and I left them after 10.7 miles when we were at the corner of Philbin and Siphon roads. I headed West on Siphon to go all the way around the airport. This stretch was 7 miles of a very gradual uphill with a slight headwind that felt pretty good. I spooked myself by getting way too close to what appeared to be a rattlesnake at mile 14.69. I didn't hang around to confirm the snake type......all that mattered is that it was a snake. So for the rest of my run any stick on the road spooked me so I stayed pretty much close to the middle of the road. I turned South on the Arbon Valley Road at mile 17.75 and headed for the freeway. I hit the freeway at 21 miles and still had to work my way back to the airport. I had planned on 23 miles today but at 23 I was still almost 2 miles from the car so I just kept going. I hit the car at 24.98 so I ran past it just to break 25 for the day. Because this run did not have any major hills up or down my pace stayed pretty steady. I finished the run in just over 3 hours so I felt pretty good about it, plus I broke 110 for the week.
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