10.95 miles, 7:54 average pace, mostly easy with 8 strides at the end. My plan was to go to the Y for the usual split treadmill and outdoor run followed by weights. I woke up at my usual time and was arrived there a little bit ahead of schedule. Unfortunately, I didn't realize they would be on holiday hours today. So, I turned around and went back home. Decided to run out and back up Starkey Blvd since I haven't done that route for a while. I was carrying one bottle of drink with me and figured I could stop near the Longleaf pool where there is a drinking fountain. I started my run, felt kind of sluggish for the first few miles. I stopped by the Longleaf pool but the drinking fountain was out of order so I changed my plan once again slightly to not go out so far and do a little bit more back inside my neighborhood. It was sort of cool out and first but humid. The cool quickly went away, but I was ok as long as I was near trees for shade. So, after the first 3 miles I felt pretty good. Went out until it was time to turn around. Grabbed my drink bottle on the way back then headed back to my neighborhood where I grabbed some water from a fountain that used to not have cold water but today did (very good luck, bad luck, good luck kind of morning). Finished up with 8 strides, 25 seconds each, which felt good. It was nice to see how many people had flags out in observance of Memorial Day.
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