14.4 mi, 1:59:10, 8:29 avg
Week 8, Day 6 of the plan, long run with some tempo miles toward the end. Not too late of a start but not that early either (about 9:15 am). Headed out from Westlake Village, cut through Eniswood and onto the Pinellas Trail, then headed south until I'd covered about 6.5 miles.
Headed back north until just past the old train tunnel then started the faster three miles with goal pace of 7:22. First mile ok at 7:21, turned around after a little bit on Klosterman, back south, feeling pretty good at first then was struggling to hold the pace, did what I could and came in at 7:26 but it felt a lot harder. Paused for a minute to collect my thoughts, then was able to pick it up for the last mile to 7:10 despite part of it being off of the Pinellas Trail and back onto regular sidewalk.
Last mile after that was easy-ish pace back to the house (actually about 1/4 mile short of the house) walked the remainder in just after reaching 14 miles.
Pretty good run overall although not pretty but got the job done.
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