16.45@8:47
Distance-wise, this was a repeat of last week's run, only a different place. I started from my house, ran across Trinity Blvd to Robert Trent Jones, then turned right on the Starkey Gap Trail and headed north, crossed 54, and then continued north on Starkey Blvd bike trail and on into Starkey Park. 8 miles out would've been just short of the bike parking lot and bathrooms so kept on going to there to fill up water bottles at the fountain.
But, fortunately it was early enough that the Striders were still hanging out at the shelter and they had some cold bottles of water and Gatorade. Visited for a bit (probably too long) before starting out again. Hard to get back on pace, so while I was getting a little faster each mile on the way up, the mile heading back out was 9:11. Next one was better at 8:53, then started getting a little bit faster for the most part for the remaining miles.
The extra distance on the way out meant I would've been over 17 miles if I returned the exact same way, so instead of that I ran along 54 and entered the neighborhood from the Duck Slough entrance.
Felt pretty good overall, good mileage and nice to see some friends.
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