16.06 @ 7:24 pace (1:58:55)
Good run this morning in Starkey park with Eric, Mike, and Dan. Met up at 6:00 and was running by 6:10. Trying to get out to the turnaround point while the sun is still low. Temperature was pretty good but the humidity was back up, the air almost looked foggy at first. I started a little bit ahead of the other guys so I could go a little bit slower for my warmup. They caught up to me in about a mile, then I ran with them. Fortunately, we kept the pace pretty easy and didn't start picking it up really until after 4 miles. Eric turned around at 5 miles and headed back, and Mike turned around at 7 miles. Dan and I made it to 8 miles then headed back - the sun was still pretty low. The first mile after the turnaround the pace had picked up a little bit faster than I thought. We stopped briefly at the water stop before going back into the park to try and cool off a bit, then continued on. Kept up a pretty good pace to the 12 mile point, grabbed some more cold water then headed off for the final stretch back. With about three miles left I was starting to feel a little bit tired and felt like slowing down. With two miles left, Dan said let's run the last two at 7:05. We were able to do that and a little bit better with the last two at 6:58 and 6:55. Dan was ahead of me 30-60 seconds for the last mile, hard for me to tell exactly.
I was happy with the run because on Friday night I was not sure how I would hold up for an early morning 16 mile run in the heat/humidity at the end of 60 miles, but it turned out just fine, long run magic I suppose. Hung out for a bit at social hour before heading home to enjoy some delicious french toast Jenny had made from home made bread she made the day before!
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