16.2 mi, 2:26:21, 9:02 pace I felt good on today's run, best long run since the race. I ended up running with 4 good friends who I usually only get to run one or two at a time with due to various scheduling issues - Jamie, Dixie, Cynthia and Jorge. We started out from Longleaf, ran to Diane's house (she wasn't home but I didn't want to recalculate a route without stopping there, I pretended to pet her cat Oriole who is usually outside). Ran into the park with a brief stop at the shelter, then out to the power lines before turning back. It also helped that today was just a few degrees cooler than what it had been, just enough to take the edge off. During the last four miles Cynthia went ahead and the rest of us stayed at a pretty steady pace. After the run, chatted with friends celebrating Jammie's 40th birthday (not to be confuse with Jamie). Also, bought a jar of local "home made" honey from Dixie (I'm not sure what else to call it besides home made, Dixie did pull it out of the honeycombs himself but the bees are still the ones making it!).
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