20.09@9:16 HR 149 bpm
First 20 mile run in a while. Was actually thinking about doing 22 miles or so but by the time I was a little past 10 miles, finishing the 20 felt ambitious.
Ran from Westlake Village, out to the Pinellas Trail and southbound. Not too warm out at the start and it would end up being cooler at the end. Just south of Curlew I saw a woman on a bike getting a ticket from a bicycle cop. I think she had run a red light but not 100% sure. At the next light there were a couple more police officers on bikes. So, good day to mind the crossing lights.
There was some sort of festival in Dunedin which looked fun. Traffic on the trail thinned out after Dunedin. Going through Clearwater, the trail gets confusing at it crosses streets at odd angles and sometimes blends back onto the sidewalk and sometimes its own paved trail. In the downtown area there were a couple small groups of homeless have some sort of get together as well as a few lone homeless hanging out near the trail.
Ran down to just past 13 miles before turning back. Goal was to finish back in Dunedin and get a ride from Jessica at 7th Sun.
The run had started out slow and easy (especially since I was thinking about going beyond 20). First mile pace was 11:58, next was 10:14, then it was all in the 9's (excep for mile 9 at 8:58). Miles 10-13 felt kind of a struggle to hold a low 9's pace but once I turned around, the rest of the miles were in the 8's and suddenly felt easier (although my heart rate said otherwise).
Last weekend was two 12 mile runs and this weekend a 20 mile run, going to slowly increase the back to back run lengths.
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