Woke up a bit earlier than usual. I had 16 miles to do and had to be done before 8:00. Not too bad, it just means I had to watch my time and not mess around. Joe was kind enough to agree to the 5:30 start time. We met up at the little park at the front of our neighborhood. Temp was in the 50's but there was no wind and some humidity to it felt a little warmer - sleeveless weather. We started out slow and easy. More reasonable pace after 3 miles. We ran down the old road across to Trinity Oaks, down Wyndtree and then a loop through the Grey Oaks neighborhood - it was still a little dark to run down Ridge Top drive to the "horse farm", but then was light enough after doing the Grey Oaks loop. After the trip to the horse farm, one more loop through Grey Oaks and then headed home. Pace got faster at this point with some 7:20's and 7:30's. With two miles left, Joe split off from me and I continued on. Picked up the last two miles, with the final mile around HMP. Average pace: 8:07 226 miles for February, good considering it's a short month (still one of my top mileage months overall)
Finished by 7:43, good because this gave me some time to stretch before having to get ready to leave.
I felt pretty good today - better than Thursday. Saturday was going to be a busy day with Andy's Odyssey of the Mind competition. Right hip flexor a little sore the rest of the day. Fortunately the next week is a cut back week, looks like just in time.
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