21.13@10:07 HR 139 bpm
Kept my promise from yesterday to actually do my long run today. Out and back from Trinity trailhead of Starkey Gap Trail, up Starkey Blvd, into the park and on its bike trail which just reopened, now super smooth. Went out to the part where the trail turns right but went left instead on what looked like a new trail - but actually it doesn't go far just to the new location of the pump house that disappeared.
Intention of today's run was to do super easy and aim for just under 12:00 pace doing 4:1 run/walk. I pretty much did that the first part of the run, kept HR below 130 for first 10 miles, mile 11 bumped up slightly to 131, but then after the turnaround stopped caring about heart rate and picked things up. I think I was at around a 10:45 pace when I turned around.
Weather was cooperative. Even though I started late, did not get hotter, stayed around the same with cool pockets and breezes here and there. Made only one stop to use the bathroom and refill water bottle when in the park.
Need to start adding in some back to back long runs, 100 miler about 3 months away now.
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