Ran at Starkey park again this Saturday. Group of runners seems to be growing especially the ones starting at 6:00 in order to get some miles in before the sun comes up. Started out with Eric and Mike. Went pretty easy the first mile, a little faster the second mile, then continued to get a little bit faster. Originally I had thought about doing just 12 today, then decided one more mile couldn't hurt. When I got to the turn around point, decided to go a little bit farther to stay with Mike and Eric for 14. Shortly after turning back and getting back into Starkey park from the Sucoast trail, I must have had a garmin malfunction because it said I ran that mile in 5:51, it was probably close to 7:00 but still a pretty good pace. As we made it to the 4 mile water stop, there was a big gap between Eric and Mike and a big gap between Mike and myself. I wasn't feeling quite as fast this week. It was a good deal more humid than last week, certainly not the best running weather. Eric did not stop at the 4 mile water, Mike stopped very briefly. I stopped a little longer. My heart rate was up and I needed to cool down. David was turning around at 4 so I got going with him. We picked up the pace on each mile back, going from 7:40's to 7:20's. Finally, I did the last mile at 6:45 and finally was feeling good again. Average pace: 7:23 This was a harder run than last week with faster starting out miles and faster overall pace, but less solid second half
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