15.02@8:16
Ran in Palm Harbor with starter loop inside Westlake Village, then a big loop around the outside of Innisbrook area, finally returning back to WLV to finish up about a mile and a half.
The training plan said 8:10 pace, but I just wanted to get through it without stopping and maybe finish up the last 5 miles a little bit faster and not feel like I was racing the workout.
It all seemed to come together, no stops and average pace ended up being not far off from 8:10. After I finished 10 miles, it didn't feel hard to pick it up, at first was aiming for 8:00-8:15 range but was quickly on sub-8:00 pace. As I got off the Pinellas Trail, at the crosswalk there was repair person working on the crossing light, so cars weren't stopping, had to wait for a gap, after crossing, also took one last gel, then there was a little up hill, so that mile just missed sub-8:00.
Last 7 miles - 8:05, 7:59 (unknown until later, was already at "pick up pace"), 7:45, 7:52, 8:05, 7:40, 7:29
Have 20 miles next weekend, then start the taper
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